"Material possessions" refers to physical objects that someone owns, such as clothing, toys, furniture, or electronics.
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They understand that no other person, their work, or any number
of material possessions will fill that void of love and acceptance.
The desire to progress economically
for material possessions and to climb social ladder is so intense among people that it is taking a heavy toll of ones personal, family and spiritual life.
If a man's interest is directed not so much to
material possessions as to sexual enjoyment, he will compare himself with someone else who seems more fortunate.
Students may not have accumulated
many material possessions but the stuff they do have is usually pretty valuable like laptops, TVs, textbooks and musical instruments.
They realize that
material possessions don't bring true happiness, that aging naturally is beautiful and that there's more good than bad in most people.
Not to mention, a smaller home often translates to smaller bills and
fewer material possessions, which means more energy for experiences.
I have never
valued material possessions or status as much as some, so carrying on the family business has been all the reward and stability I need.
But such a solution still maintains the basic principle of private property: it
considers material possession and not man's self - realization as the aim of labour.
It may seem shallow to some, but I felt that I was just constantly feeling I had to compete and had a constant run on these
particular material possessions.
If all of your teen's consequences focus on her belongings, she may grow to
believe material possessions are the most important thing in life.
And one can't be about emotions while the other's all
about material possessions, nor can one be all about outdoors and the other all about spending time in bed.
She realized that even at a young age her parents used this statement as an excuse for why they didn't have
more material possessions.
Published by The Minimalists in 2016, this book focuses on Five Values that, surprisingly, have nothing to do
with material possessions.
A sprawling international survey aimed at gauging what makes people happy or contented has found some not so surprising universal truths: More money does make people say they are happier, but a broader sense of positive feelings or well - being springs mainly not
from material possessions but instead from social relationships — decent work, a loving family, a recognized place in a community.
Closet alcoholics cheating on their spouses hording money and
material possessions while spreading gossip about the «Smiths» and how their poor pathetic teenage daughter is pregnant.
We were just talking the other day about how we feel so unattached to
material possessions after traveling for a month at a time where we literally only have our suitcases.
Though most people won't admit it — other than the guy with the «He who dies with the most toys wins» bumper sticker — in the back of our minds, we
equate material possessions with success.
I am well educated, but chose to be a stay at home mom
because material possessions mean nothing if my legacy (my children) arent successful in life.
But this unique indigenous group, known for
shunning material possessions and social hierarchy, is at great risk of losing the elements that have allowed them to thrive for so long.
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But she is catapulted out of her exile when a young girl robs her of her suitcase and her wig — Winnie's
only material possessions.
So close to the water, it is difficult to put much stock
by material possessions; likewise, artworks resist the stability that is required of commodities.
When income is distributed very unequally, the only way for less well - off people to have the
same material possessions as more well - off people is to spend all of their income and even to go into debt.
Are PowerPoint worship presentations and fancy technology and the latest Christian -
marketed material possessions enriching our faith the way we think they are?
Christianity sometimes suggests that craving for spiritual goods is desirable, but it gives no support to craving for
unneeded material possessions and consumption.
Happiness and joy, as all world religions teach, are not to be found through
mere material possession as such, though these are necessary, but in self - giving for a nobler cause.
Not even the American people themselves seem completely at ease about whether their admitted obsessions with sexual pleasure and
material possession meet the test of external and overriding criteria.