Ownership
Ashley Gragg
English 111 YD12
Eric Steineger, Instructor
September 3, 2013
OWN IT When people hear the word “own” or “ownership,” they think of tangible items that they can touch and hold. More importantly their mind probably goes straight to that BMW sitting in the parking lot or that iPhone 5 in their pocket. When people start thinking about, what “makes them who they are.” They may start by saying well, “I’m a good person, I volunteer…” and so on, but eventually it gets to, “…and I have a well-paying job, and a nice car, and a big house.” Eventually they start naming those tangible items that we place so much value on today. We believe that the more we “own” the better of a person we are. But, I want to take a look at the other things we “own” that we don’t normally think about when we describe who we are as people, those intangible things that we all “own,” religion, love, and talents.
Each person has a form of religion or principle to live by to provide their life with some kind of meaning or self-worth. There are a lot of people now days that believe their religion makes up a lot of who they are as a person. Christians believe that because they are Christian they should be gentle and kind hearted people. Buddhist beliefs are that they should lead a moral life and develop wisdom and knowledge through their religion. So we all have some sort of religion even if it does go against the norm. Also when people know that others are of a certain religion they seem to expect them to act a certain way but it’s not always the way they act. People who “own” their religion to the fullest tend to wear it like a sign, and they make sure everyone knows it. Bill Graham for example is known for the religion that he “owns.” People don’t know him for how big of a house he lives in, or how many cars he has. They know him for what he teaches and his following. He owns his religion and he has made it who he is. Since my junior year of high school I’ve been heavily involved
English 111 YD12
Eric Steineger, Instructor
September 3, 2013
OWN IT When people hear the word “own” or “ownership,” they think of tangible items that they can touch and hold. More importantly their mind probably goes straight to that BMW sitting in the parking lot or that iPhone 5 in their pocket. When people start thinking about, what “makes them who they are.” They may start by saying well, “I’m a good person, I volunteer…” and so on, but eventually it gets to, “…and I have a well-paying job, and a nice car, and a big house.” Eventually they start naming those tangible items that we place so much value on today. We believe that the more we “own” the better of a person we are. But, I want to take a look at the other things we “own” that we don’t normally think about when we describe who we are as people, those intangible things that we all “own,” religion, love, and talents.
Each person has a form of religion or principle to live by to provide their life with some kind of meaning or self-worth. There are a lot of people now days that believe their religion makes up a lot of who they are as a person. Christians believe that because they are Christian they should be gentle and kind hearted people. Buddhist beliefs are that they should lead a moral life and develop wisdom and knowledge through their religion. So we all have some sort of religion even if it does go against the norm. Also when people know that others are of a certain religion they seem to expect them to act a certain way but it’s not always the way they act. People who “own” their religion to the fullest tend to wear it like a sign, and they make sure everyone knows it. Bill Graham for example is known for the religion that he “owns.” People don’t know him for how big of a house he lives in, or how many cars he has. They know him for what he teaches and his following. He owns his religion and he has made it who he is. Since my junior year of high school I’ve been heavily involved