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You will find that by living a less possessive, and more transient lifestyle, your emotions will become less intense, and more helpful in guiding you successfully on a path of great happiness. Is it not true that each thing that you now have was once not yours, and will one day be yours no longer? If so, then do your best to live a life of responsibility, rather than ownership. Think to yourself now and then…

“I currently may possess this house, this relationship, this resource. Yet when it is no longer ‘mine,’ what will others know of me by those things I leave behind?”

Similarly, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles offered the following wisdom:

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

Just remember that the end goal is to lead by example, and to leave a positive legacy. Not so much to possess great things, but to demonstrate great character.