Ok this is the deal. The teacher in my college class for English composition is asking us to write a single paragraph on our “favorite item”. The only issue with that is… I don’t have a favorite item, as I feel that I do not need to rely on items, objects, materials, etc. Anything that is tangible or touchable, that can be physically seen, heard, felt, etc. I own a lot of, but feel that if necessary, I could deal perfectly fine without them. My husband has been calling this “materialistic” for the longest time, yet I went to look it up online, and the word “materialistic” actually describes the complete opposite of what I really am. I do not have the need for a material, and the definition of being materialistic means you desire or must have material objects. Such as some girl who MUST have diamonds or else kind of thing. I am the total opposite of that. Not sure what to do. Not sure what kind of word would describe what I actually am. I’ve looked endlessly for the whole night and can’t come up with one word that really describes what I mean. What I am truly looking for is:

I do not have the need or desire for physical, tangible items, however I feel that I have the need for spirituality, sense of safety and comfortability, both within myself and my surroundings, and I must have family and friends to look over me. Physical items are not a necessity, but are a want or desire.

Unless of course this would suffice just fine as is. I am not sure. Please help! This paper is due Thursday the 17th.

What is wrong with spirituality being a favorite part of your Life?
I am not speaking of religion, but spirituality: relationship in your inner person with that which is greater than yourself.  Perhaps God, Higher Power, or Values that define your life such as trust, love,
peace, integrity or all of them.  These would make you a spiritual person (again not religious).  Spirituality is belief in a power higher than yourself.  Seeing the magnificent photos (especially those
in the last two weeks from the re-aligned Hubbel Telescope) a person can hardly be less than spiritual.  We are in awe of whatever being created them.  Magnificent galaxies. Saturn with its 60+ moons.
Check out
            http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

any picture, (it goes back about 15 years) .
and be in AWE. If you have any doubt, check in here again, and talk more about it.

Thanks so much. I thought about it a lot, and I decided to write the paper on the comparison between a materialist and a realist, and used the first half of the paper to discuss how materialists rely on objects to survive, and then I described myself as the realist and showed in context details that I rely more on my spirituality, and practical matters like current events and the forces of nature to survive. (I am Pagan by the way) and I explained that in my essay. I am hoping she likes it. I’m nervous because class is tonight.

Lots of luck. Forces of nature are very spiritual.