WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 1

Articles In This Section:

· Money: A Myth

· WE BUY NOTHING BUT LABOR

· WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 1

· WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 2

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 1

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 2

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 3

Most of us have a misconception regarding ownership. It is natural for individuals to say: "I own this," or "I own that." in reality, none of us owns anything.

You might buy a house and proudly proclaim: "I own this house." It is yours to use as long as you pay the taxes on it. Fail to pay the taxes and it will be taken from you.

That car you drive may be fully paid for, but is it your property? It is yours to use as long as you pay the annual license and tax fee.

Among those items which you consider as your possessions, none of them is permanently yours.

The grounds surrounding my home are beautifully landscaped and present the appearance of a small well-kept park. Are they mine? They are, as long as I spend money for a gardener and water, without which they would soon become barren.

Your wardrobe may be most complete, yet the garments are continually wearing out and losing their style.

The lumber in your house is affected by the weather, or destroyed by termites. Without constant repairing and renewing, your house would disintegrate into a valueless mass.

In this life we own nothing. We have the use of various items as long as we pay our taxes and care for them.

What have we learned so far—and what good will this knowledge do us? Plenty!

We have learned that money buys nothing but labor and the amount of labor our dollars will buy depends upon the value placed upon labor.

We have also learned that in this life we own nothing, but merely have the use of material things. In fact, we do not even own our bodies. They are loaned to us and how long we keep them depends upon the care we give them.