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Having a luxurious, rich lifestyle is always at the top of American’s minds regarding the “ideal” lifestyle to have. It’s common for people to make a remark imagining the lives that famous celebrities have. What we as Americans forget to realize is the value of freedom and how rich we are with it. Many people in the world don’t get to have the memories we cherish or people we love, and that's something that we are quick to take for granted. Although a factor of American identity is the obsession with a rich lifestyle filled with beloved possessions, Boca’s claims regarding the possessions in life are strongly valid as life is always changing and possessions come and go as life changes.
To begin, Boca’s claim about the value of possessions becomes valid due to the fact that life is constantly advancing. From birth to death we evolve into new versions of ourselves surrounded with new people and new settings. A key aspect of growing up is the loss of certain people in our lives, whether it's a family friend or grandparent. Having memories to remember while grieving is crucial for getting through such a tough time. Without these memories to look back on and remember, it becomes harder to grieve because we begin to think of the lost time we could’ve had with our lost person. Consequently, feelings of guilt begin to arise, thinking that we were too distracted on other things like our possessions to really appreciate the moments we had with the person we’ve lost. Therefore, we begin to appreciate those around us rather than the things around us in order to make the hard process of grieving easier on us.
Moreover, possessions come and go in our lives rather than the memories we create which strengthens Boca’s claim. Throughout our lives, American trends rise and fall whether its fashion, gaming, or aesthetics. For example, a toy I really wanted one year for Christmas was a Captain America figurine that would quote, “I can do this all day,” one of the superhero’s famous lines. I got the toy that year for Christmas, but later down the line, I stopped playing with the toy because I grew older. Consequently, it added to the pile of unnecessary things filling up my toybox begging to be given away to another kid who would actually play with it. Therefore, this demonstrates how quickly possessions lose value to us in comparison to memories that gain value as we evolve.
In conclusion, the possessions in our life are less valuable than the memories we create as life is constantly changing and said possessions come and go. Instead of possessions, we look back on memories during times of grieving to help cope with the loss of someone we loved. Similarly, the trends we see are always cycling which contributes to our prized possessions losing their once held value.