One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure

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There many things that we attach value to. Everything we own has some value. Some things have more value to us than logic would predict. We may find things, people, ideas, currency, or even states of mind to hold value, and there are many reasons that they hold value to us and us alone, while they may be worthless to others. I place a grate deal on my house, property, and surrounding area and environment. My housed not only provides essential protection from the elements, privacy, and a safe comfortable environment for living, but it is also literally the center of my family’s lives. It is our home base, and all of our activities originate from the one building. We rest, eat, sleep, breath, learn, relax, live in, hang out around and love our house. Shelter is necessary for human survival. A house is a convenient luxury in our lives. Although it is worth thousands of dollar, we place much more value on it than that. Another thing I place a different type of value on is my dog, Maizy. When I first got her, a year ago I took her on a walk around the property and we have been taking her on walks every day since. Sometimes I go all the way to the mountain house (Our house is at the bottom of the dirt road that leads to the Mountain road. Off of it split numerous paths that are very good for hiking). We like our walks. It gives both of us exercise and depletes some of her extensive energy. There is a good view, and it is one of the few times I can be in nature for no reason other then to enjoy it. One day we brought home some spare tennis balls from tennis practice. Maizy soon found them and instantly developed an increasingly strong attraction to their associated activities. We play fetch, even though she hasn’t learned to consistently bring the balls back. She plays with them by herself, throwing them down the stairs then going after them in a race against

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