15 | Everything is Borrowed and We Can’t Take It With Us

“Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just borrowed.” – Deborah Ellis (From No Ordinary Day) In one of our Haven Kota sessions, we discussed self-belonging through the lens of ownership and possession. Where do control and entitlement fit with belonging? What does it mean for things to belong to us? How does it feel to belong to something or someone else? Why are some belongings more cherished and valuable than others? How do we hold ourselves, others, the world, our lives, goals, and relationships? Do we own them? What would it mean to give life back at the end? How much do our desires, emotions, and passions own us? What does it mean to be pre-possessed or owned by something? In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we explore what it means to see ourselves, our lives, and the world in the light of these questions. What if they are all borrowed? Episode ContentsYou Can’t Take it With You | 4:41Earning The Respect to Borrow | 6:56Living On Borrowed Time | 14:56Steal Like an Artist | 20:09The Difference Between Borrowing and Theft | 20:55The Burden of Originality | 24:50We Belong To Something Bigger | 28:02