A Traveler's Perspective on Possessions

This happened in the last century. An American came to Poland to meet a famous teacher

who lived there. The American was surprised when he saw the teacher's house.

It was just one room filled with books, and in that same room,

there was only a chair, a table, and a bed. “Teacher,

where is your furniture and belongings?” the foreigner asks in surprise. The teacher asks

him back: “Then where are your belongings?” “Mine? I didn't come here

to stay permanently. I am only a traveler," he answers. “Then I am too.”