#Own #Self: 2018-07-03

• Do you own the things that you purchase? No, they are lost along the way or when you die.
• Do you own your thoughts or creative ideas? No, they are altered, copied, distorted, exaggerated, forgotten, improved, misanalyzed, misattributed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, politicized, and stolen.
• Do you own your emotions or feelings? No, they are altered, distorted, exaggerated, forgotten, ignored, minimized, misapplied, misinterpreted, misrepresented, and rewritten.
• Do you own your achievements, experiences, or stories? No, they are absorbed, altered, distorted, exaggerated, forgotten, misanalyzed, misattributed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, politicized, and rewritten.

• The only thing that you will ever own is your being, personhood, or self; but, self is the first thing you offer in exchange for things that you can never keep.