The irony of desire and decay.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Book of Matthew

Spoken by Jesus Christ, I developed this idea which floats around the idea of our desires, how we want them, the things we own, the ways to which we get them, material goods, the satisfaction of owning them, and the eventual decay which naturally happens once we get them. It's a mouthful indeed, so, I suppose the proposed title, The Irony of Desire and Decay perhaps best caps everything in one nice fitting. 

Oh, I also realised how Jesus thought about these things too (quite awhile back) after a couple days of my pondering. 

Here's the jist:

I find it strange and ironic on how we (as people/society/consumers) desire 'things/stuff/goods'. The way our cognitive set meets the emotional set when it comes to possessing things. Possession is perhaps, one very fundamental element as a person. My economics teacher once said, (roughly tracing back this thought) how our ability to possess things makes us specially human. To own things. To buy things with our hard earned paychecks. 

Yet, with everything that we come to own - once we've exchanged cash for goods - it comes to mind on how that item instantly devalues and decays. 

A car leaving the showroom instantly is less valuable than it was 30 mins ago, clothes you wear slowly becomes worn out after much use, and the ideas are endless. 

So, why then do we place such an important emphasis on 'ownership' of such things as we knowingly (or do we ?) see it decay before our eyes. 

We've come to a point in society where ownership means everything. Think SOPA and things alike a little bit more and you will see the idea. 

Point in case perhaps would be to re-evaluate our stand and ideals of possession. Thinking about our 'treasures' - where they lie, why we own them, and how we use them, even more so, how we can share them.