The belongings people accumulate throughout their lives will always own them. People seem to think if they had more they’d be happier or freer, but their possessions only chain them to the earth.

Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own.

Do you want it?” Isn’t that the Christian thing to do?

Some thoughts are like old piece of belongings that need to be disposed to move on.

I introduced Nora as my wife, though that was a lie. Old people, that’s what they wanted to hear. If you were married, you were mature, reliable, exactly like them, because in their day men...

As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your...

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.

Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?

Low self-esteem is no better home to take a refuge. It does not keep you comforted from any danger; it keeps you confined away from your real belongings!