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Sometimes, I wonder how much thing a person really needs, probably not much.<\/p>\n<p>In some African tribes, people don&#8217;t have any possessions.  They only value things that can be carried with them from one place to another.  Human start to have possessions when we settle down in a place and have the means to take all our belongs with us everything we move.  In modern society, people love to have many possessions.  We just love to own stuffs  We keep accumulating furniture, clothes, books, CDs, DVDs, collectibles in our home, although we probably won&#8217;t use all of them in foreseeable future.  Strictly speaking, possessions are useless things somehow make us happy.  I guess all we want is just a sense of ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possessions are different than assets. Asset has monetary value. It is very liquidate, you can turn your asset back into money in no time. 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