The Meaning of Stuff

I really enjoyed reading the short story about one mans journey to sell all his personal belongings to me something like that takes a lot of courage because I can actually be nostalgic at times. It may not even be an item that I know exactly where it is however once I happen upon it I will all the sudden realize how many memories I’ve had with the said item or picture and can’t bare to part with it. All people want at least in my belief is to be remembered they want their legacy to carry over to the net generation and if that’s no possible they want somebody to remember who they were. If you have no physical form for people to remember all that’s left are the things that represent you the best, and what you’ve done to impact the people who are attached to them, which brings me back to the very reason why I could never sell my personal things. Now if it was personal things associated with something negative, then of course that will be the first to go. But chances are it’s already gone so I needn’t worry about that.

About George carlins a place for my stuff I saw the angle he was going for especially when he talked about all a house is, is a place for your stuff. You have to really let the meaning sink in to understand why he’s talking about a house as a place to keep your stuff. It isn’t so much that the house is a vault but it’s the fact that people tend to like things a certain way, they want to feel at home and in order for that to happen they need stuff that belongs to them surrounding them. Which is why he worked the angle that if you travel you need to think about what stuff you want to bring in order to make yourself feel most at ease. I don’t know a single person who would just up and leave with cash and a plane ticket just so they can buy a couple new outfits for the few days they’re out of town. It wouldn’t be right.