There is an interesting article in last month’s Scientific American on why people become attached to things.
It comes down to (and this is simplifying it a lot) that the less confident you are in yourself and the weaker your relationship is with others, the more you become attached to your things.
Put this in another context: if you believe God loves you (confidence in yourself) and you love your neighbor as yourself (relationship with others) you have less need for things.
There is nothing wrong with being rich and having material wealth. It’s all the more satisfying when you don’t need it.
There is an interesting article in last month’s Scientific American on why people become attached to things.
It comes down to (and this is simplifying it a lot) that the less confident you are in yourself and the weaker your relationship is with others, the more you become attached to your things.
Put this in another context: if you believe God loves you (confidence in yourself) and you love your neighbor as yourself (relationship with others) you have less need for things.
There is nothing wrong with being rich and having material wealth. It’s all the more satisfying when you don’t need it.