Do the things we own really define us?

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JayWood2010 said:

I think the message is a little stronger than that.  Have you ever known someone because they collect things?  Maybe a guy who collects star wars items.  He collects all this star wars stuff to the point that it defines him.  He buys them thinking that it will make him happy and that without them he would no longer be happy. That he is buying happiness is what i think he is trying to say.  You dont hav to buy happiness because happpiness is within and all the things in this world that you "think" you need will not change you as a person.  Object doesnt define you but some people let them define them

Does that make sense?  i tried explaining it the best i could

I understood what the article. It just baffles me to think that people say that we don't really need to buy this stuff. (In the case of a collector, that is his hobby. He does this so he can have a collection. It's something that person finds joy in.)