There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets "things" with a deep and fierce passion. Ht pronouns "my" and "mine" look innocent enough in print, but their constant and universal use is significant.  .... God's gift now take the place of God, and the whole course of nature is upset by the monstrous substitution

The pursuit of God, AW Tozer, the blessedness of possessing nothing, location 192