A little Cavanaugh to chew on for the day...

"We are not to cling to our things, but to use them for the sake of the common good. But to have a good relationship with others, it is necessary to have a proper relationship with things. We must understand where our things come from and how our things are produced. Things do not have personalities and lives of their own, but they are embedded in relationships of production and distribution that bring us into contact, for better or for worse, with other people’s lives. A sacramental view of the world sees all things as part of God’s good creation, potentials signs of the glory of God; things become less disposable, more filled with meaning." 
- Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire, p. 32.