They are just things

As long as I saved the people and the animals I'd be fine. The rest can all go, I have nothing that is worth one chance that someone could get hurt, trying to save. I do have things I enjoy, but they are still just things.

You are correct for each person there is different meaning and closeness to what they say "They have lost a lot". Like you for me also what is belonging to me will be more important, if I lost them, since it has lots of love and feeling hidden in those things which will be remembering me a lots if I lost it.

It depends on how long I would have to work to replace them. For instance if I have my photos on my laptop, iPhone, or iPad and my flash drive, Icould get them out of the house before the fire emerged. But sure could not move the piano, the piano books, my books, css, and as for the tv and dvd player, stove, washing machine, it would be impossible and even with the insurance, to save for them, I would have to go without eating , buying new clothes. I can see living until my late 90s but not to 120 years which is probably the time it would take to replace those items. Now if the 2nd Coming would happen on the 9th of December 2012, then it would be a different story.

Yeah I understand what you mean. Yes losing pictures and sentimental items would be heartbreaking. Little things like that are important to us. It would be a devastating thing to those precious memories.

Things will always remain things forever in our lifetime. It is us that make them alive by attaching our feelings to them. It is said 'A home is where a heart is' it is not important where we stay, if we like that place and fill it with our feelings, then it becomes too close to our heart and soul. There are many such situation, like you said, where we may actually think something is alive, even if it's not. All just gets down to one word-attachment.

Of course the great typhoon Ondoy had made us experience of such terrible disaster ever in our life. Aside from the traumatic experience it has brought on us and the aftermath after everything had subsided. The things would I will be devastated would be some documents we have, title of the land, birth certificates and all those kind of stuff that would be very difficult to retrieve but surely be needed in the future. Good thing that the papers are placed on the top of the cabinet so they were not harmed at all. We have lost a few appliances but it is okay they are replaceable. but the most devastating part of them all, Dora, was the trauma, every time there is a typhoon or continuous rain, we would surely be on the panic mode. We only have a bungalow house, no second floor, so if ever we will be trapped on the roof and of course our dogs.. if something happened to them, it will really break my heart.

Well, look at the people who recently lost their homes in Sandy. Most of them were upset a little because of some of the yrs. they lost in accumulations of stuff, but yet they were not worried. They were just Happy that they still had their lives and that is all that mattered, especially to some of the people who were older and had been married for a long time. Personally I have lost things over the yrs. that I wish I still had due to moving around, etc. but the memories in my heart help remember the Good times as well.

Like you I would miss my scrapbooks filled with all the pictures of the memories I have made with my family...trips I have taken to see them. Even those though could be replaces. I gave my own kids scrapbooks of themselves from when they were born to their senior year....after that they kind took their own. But that is the one thing I would miss....anything else...nope!

I was just thinking last night what "things" I would grab if say we were suddenly evacuated. I'd have the children pack a few essential things, I'd put the cats in carriers, and if I still had time I'd grab the strongbox (has some important documents and some old family jewelry), a box with old family photos, the laptop (has all the scanned photos) and my jewelry. There are maybe other things that are important too but these are easy to grab.

All the things which I bought are so important to me. If one day, I'll lose them, I will regret that day of course. However, I'd better lose them than losing the ones I love. They're right. They're just things. We can replace them. Thanks for sharing and happy mylotting.

I guess losing pictures of my kids would be a terrible thing for me too. Never mind other physical things, as I'm sure I would be able to replace most if not all, if given time. A couple of years ago my computer crashed and I lost a lot of pictures. Ever since, I bought an external hard drive just for pictures. And of course there is facebook and shutterfly which stores a lot of pictures for me too.

Well, i don't really wish to lose anything or something for whatever reason, but we can't control some bad circumstances sometimes like fire as you mention or just accidentally drop most important things that you are keeping... Five years ago i lost my passport, and it was really depressing since i was in a foreign country and loosing the most important document i had will be gone, i dropped it when i was riding a motor bike and i was not able to get it back, i just had so much worries on how to bring new passport back because i am working and i need it but eventually i have done everything to get a new one even it took so much time and really bothered me a lot. My sister just bought a new Ipad from her first salary and after three months it was stolen, i felt how much sad she was. I also lost, my most favorite Wave Phone but i can't do anything to get it back I was just thinking all those have happened teach us to be more careful and not to just let these all things happen again...some circumstances like fire could be prevented by check all electrical wire attended and don't leave any appliances on plug if not in used... I just wish valuable things are not that valuable that we could just say never mind its just a thing...but i guess it not:(

OOhhh yah all things are just vanity in this world I really worth life a lot for the reason that with life one can regain whatever is lost so i dnt think all hope is to be lost incase of any eventuality. WHAT DO U THINK?

I think each one of us has something that his heart is hanging on also me but I would survive that lost cause I also survived the loss of my beloved mother I would see it for a chance of a new beginning in my life and start from scratch. You can't do anything about your loss but you can and must start a new life

I think that initially I would miss alot of my things. But I moved from here about three years ago now and then, after three months, moved back. Two thirds of my stuff is still packed so I think if I lost it I wouldn't miss it that much. I have had to move so many times in my life and lost so many things that losing the rest wouldn't hurt that much. It is sad but life does go on.

Years ago, I did lose everything in a fire. Pictures, things that were very dear to me and literally irreplaceable, such as Lila is to you. I was devastated and heartbroken, but I was alive. Singed, but alive. I literally had to start over. Most things can be replaced. Those that can't, well... we still have our memories. We may cry and lament, but eventually we accept that what is lost is lost forever and move on.

Well, i can't imagine to lose my assets for the sake of me and my family future. Even paying for insurance won't make it because sometimes it just takes them forever for us to make the claim and it's not enough for the house and property damages cost.

Of course, losing something in just a snap of a finger is so much painful. Yeah, like you, I would not afford also to lose those photos that I kept for a very long time. Of course, I would not afford also to lose my personal belongings that I've been possesses from the fruits of my effort in working for almost three years.

i can`t also imagine all those pictures and memorabilia i`m keeping will lose constantly.. because i treasure them with all my heart i`m a emotional person so all that i can keep which will remind me of something then i will keep them.. and also i can`t imagine also losing all the important documents because it will take you a lot of work before you can get a copy of that again..

Memories are important, so I would also be very sad if all my pictures are gone. To loose special gifts I received for Christmas, or birthdays will also leave me sad. Other 'stuff' can be replaced, I would imagine...