Reach vs desirability

A very simple thought...what is out of reach is desirable.

Well what happens when u get it. See it could be anything...an iPod, a music system, a cam, a dress, a bike, a car, a pet or just about anything esle animate as well as inanimate.

Does it become less desirable? Do you find it less appealing?

I dont really have much historical data to prove how it is with me. I mean I can recall things that i fought to get for myself and still treasure today. I guess it would be true for most things. But then of course there are things that have dissapointed me when I finally had them. Could be book for which i have scanned bookstores and footpaths for months or the desire to do something or visit some place.

I remember my fathe scolding me each time he used to find my bike dirty. He used to say..You guys just want things but dont know how to take care of it. When I finally went off from home I found so many people around me who were much more mindless of the assets they had. I actually started thinking that i care too much abt things...but sharing accomodation with people with diametrically opposite nature has done me enough good.

Consider this.. my roomate in BE taught me never to show too much respect to the PC... It is a tool use it...kick it when it need one. I owe my entire command over the PC and softwares (and finally a MBA in IT and Systems) to the first time he let me open up his CPU and take out the hard disk all by myself. i guess I would have otherwise been like many people around the world who respect this dumb box and the softwares too much to demand and control it.

It was i guess with him only that I got into an argument over whether it was right to keep you foot on the table especially on the books. I guess I was speaking just for the sake of argument but what I was saying is that...things like books are to be used and given enough respect so as to not destroy the binding. Learn from it..master it. You are its master not its slave.

well i guess i am going off the mark. what i mean is that...possession does not necessarily mean a degradation of its worth. but i would concede that it could very well trigger a re-adjustment of its percieved worth to more accurate levels.

May be I am not talking just about possesion....I am probably thinking about acheivement of milestones. I guess i need to respect my acheivements a bit more...sustain and develop over them if possible.