The Theory of Possessiveness

The awareness that something belongs to us makes us happy. The more and the higher-quality objects or subjects we own, the more our sense of wellbeing is heightened. But the more firmly the conviction establishes itself that it belongs to me, the greater the dependency becomes.

We feel extraordinarily comfortable when we own a house, a car, a company, a husband or wife, children. Especially so when we perceive ourselves as the sole owner - it is mine and mine alone. All of this gives an additional sense of importance. It is precisely this sense of importance that we become attached to. We become dependent. And heaven forbid that at some point one has to lose something from all of this - or even everything - the ground can simply disappear from beneath one's feet. But the greatest tragedy is not even reflected in the fact that some thing or person is no longer there, but that our importance has vanished. At a certain moment we have become unimportant, or everything has become unimportant.

So tell me - given all this logic, is a person not one possessive creature?