It's hard to own a dog /
The machine that couldn't
Below I'll speak more about keeping than giving away, but the role of those two is interchangeable for what this is really about: degrees of capabilities.
I own two fidget spinners
I found a fidget spinner and I liked it. However, it was clearly used and made noises it need not make, so I though I should find out what a new one feels like. I bookmarked one on Amazon, the reddest one I could find, and the next time I needed something from that site, I had the fidget spinner come with it.
I got my new red fidget spinner and I liked it. I knew very well that there's not much you can do with a fidget spinner, but I like to have it in my hand and want to share that. Ever since I got it, I try to give it away. And it works sometimes. It's a piece of plastic that goes and then comes back. Sometimes I lose it in my flat and I don't care if it's gone or not.
It's hard to own a dog
It's not that easy to own something like you own a fidget spinner. You may own a favorite pair of pants and some washed out shirt and you own them very differently. When you feel you lost your keys or cell phone, you might get anxious. You don't actually own your phone to the extent that you can throw it away anytime.
There's a lot of work associated with losing your wallet, if it has your license and bank card. Imagine, you lose your old notebook. Or a stray kitten that's been living with you. What's worse, your baby. With humans you like, it hurts so much that people don't even want to say they own them.
Me
Most of the things I "own", I'd give away before I lose my left arm. My arm is quite different than my fidget spinner.
Do you care for what you own? Do you try to eat healthy and train?
I know I should.
Do you make sure you don't have half opened bottles of what in your bag? I'm sorry for asking rhetorical questions.
But do you make sure your pet has everything it needs?
Does it make you happy?
Do you care for your mother? Could she need your help right now?
You
For the most part, I can't use your hand. Or paint its finger nails. For the most part, I can't prevent my hand from getting older and wrinkly, but I can paint my fingernails. At least if you give me some paint.
But thank you for helping me for moving my stuff, when I moved to my new apartment. You should get to know my friends and join us next time.
Your garden
You may find a nice place in the middle of a wood and start to growing some stuff. For the most part, you won't be able to control how the plants grow. But you're always free to cut it in a nice way. Unless you get too attached and feel like you need to cut it in a nice way.
Do you own a figdet spinner? A metaphorical figdet spinner, that is.
How do you own your stuff?
What are some things you don't own?
I am Groot! :D
There is very little I "own" as you outline. Before I moved to NZ things were different. But there is something truly cathartic about moving across the world.
You have to rationalize what you "own" and what you do not care about. We did not ship our "stuff" until after 6 months of getting to NZ, by then a container turns up and then you question "why did I keep this?" as you open all the boxes lol
I care about my wife and my dog. I care about family but they are far away now which distances you in ways over the years.
I care about my data such as all my photos etc as they are really memories. Things that are hard to replace. But nowdays, stuff... not so much.
Probably living long enough that you have owned a certain "thing" many times as you replace old/broken things.
The less you "own" the better imho :)
Haha, I can very much imagine the "forgotten box feeling". This should be an expression.
And I personally find owning stuff very stressful.
The most insane feeling of all is not having a key to anything! I realized that sat in the UK waiting to board the flight to NZ. At that point neither of us had or needed a key to open anything.
That was the most detached feeling ever. :)