That’s why Margaret Atwood warns against the pride and satisfaction of surveying one’s possessions

we never really own anything. 

even life itself is really ours only in trust. 

we are renters. 

our lives are here on loan...

loans that can get called in at any time. 

we can be fired, dumped, betrayed.

someone can dislodge our station in life.

and, fun fact, we always die.