Ownership

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We really do not own anything until we begin to share it with others, and even then we are only partners in its ownership.

We all own the daylight, the beauty of earth, all the sunsets, every flower that our eyes see and admire, and every song our feathered friends give forth. Where appreciation is, there is ownership.

No one can long be happy with any possession that he cannot share with others--it would soon grow dusty and useless.

It has often been said that the only things that we keep are the things that we give away. We may give away the thing, but keep the love--and love is something that spreads out, with never an end to it.

by George Matthew Adams from Sunshine Magazine, February 1958