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How is it that we get lost in our things?

Consumed.

All of these possessions were once going to make me happy.
Looking around this crowded house
I should be the happiest person in the world.

That is not the case though. These things never did make me happy.
Well, maybe for a few weeks or even months

Now it is all just junk.
Junk that is taking up room.
Junk that I should sell.

I need to do something drastic.

Maybe losing all these things, that were supposed to make me happy
will make me

Happy?

— Nicole Barden 1/12/2021

Originally published in Illumination on Medium