2012Coleman wrote:
spike99 wrote:
Mark and Linda wrote:
It is an obsession that everyone has....
I don't think everyone views their physical things with obsession. If one does, they don't fully understand the true value of life / living...
If one ever sees a kid fight cancer for 3 years or recovers from open heart surgery or recovers from 12" of spinal fusion surgery, one realizes that physical items like "RV boxes", houses, boats, motorcycles, vehicles is nothing. Nothing but a physical tool - compared against the true value of life / living.
At the end of one's old age life and one remembers back in time, will they remember their physical things (like red car or boat or RV)? Or, will they remember playing on the beach with others, having fun around the campfire with others or that special kid who fought tooth/nail to remain on this side of the ground??? In life, I choose to remember the people around me (the things that matter in life) - not the physical things I use, then throw away a few short years later..
Sorry but from my perspective as a cancer survivor - Leukemia, your observations are misguided. Obsession most likely is the wrong word for the people on this thread. More like passion. Yes, in my old age, I'll remember the physical things in my life - my TT's, my 56 Chevy, motorcycle, the list goes on. All those things were present and helped create the memories. I don't dwell on the suffering I endured during my illness, I celebrate the fact that I'm still here to experience joy with my family and the stuff I have plays a big part in those experiences.
And yes, I do speed up on the highway to check out TT's being towed, I look at the TT's I see comming from the opposite direction, I stare at my TT after washing and waxing it, I walk around the campground looking at TT's - heck.
Amen to this. It's been about a year since I was diagnosed with cancer. Since then I've endured radiation, chemo and major surgery. I missed one and a half camping seasons because I was too sick to get out. I don't know what is to come or how long I'll be on God's green earth. But next week I'm buying a new TT so that I can enjoy that time with my family as much as possible. I love camping and RVs, but don't consider that obsessing over physical things. And I certainly don't overlook the people in the process. My family will forever have the memories of taking camping trips over the years.
We bought our first PU when my oldest daughter was a newborn. Over the next 10 years we got 2 bigger PUs, then bought our first TT about 7 years ago. Our daughters are 19 and 22 and still want to go on trips with us, so next week we pick up our new bigger TT and will be immediately heading out on a shakedown cruise with it. At 51 years old I still get giddy thinking about it!
