To varying degrees, there may be something within all of us that desires to collect things. These can certainly be physical things, but they also can to inanimate things. For example, in addition to collecting things we like, do we also 'collect' our fears? Whatever it is that we collect, I wonder if the component they have in common has to do with control. Good and bad things could apply here.
Either way, wouldn't the value of what we collect actually be in our opportunity to give them away? After all, what good does it do to hold on to things, only for ourselves?
I can give away the goodness I have received, so that others can share in that wealth. I can also give away my fears, rather than hoard them (as if that helped), not only for my sake, but also for the sake of someone else...who may become more able to let go of theirs.
Whatever we collect, collect to give away.
