Dr. Ott points out that “our sense of self-worth has become based on what we possess, and our language has evolved to reflect this. We not only have material possessions, we have children. When we cannot sleep, we have insomnia. We have even replaced ‘my head hurts’ with ‘I have a headache.’ ” We have sex rather than making love. We even “have” the Bible. How do we get rid of this “have, have, have” mentality and return to “I am, I will be, I am hopeful, I love, I am joyful”?
