Sometimes it seems that no matter how many possessions you have you never feel secure While it is reasonable to have a basic nesting instinct and create a home which meets your needs there is a point where the motivation for acquiring things gets out of control Modern advertising is moreover deliberately designed to play on our insecuritiesIf you dont have one of these you will be a lesser human being is one of the consistent underlying messages we receive To discover just how much you are influenced I challenge you to try not to read any advertising billboards next time you go down the street These multimillion dollar messages relentlessly condition us in very persuasive ways without our ever realising it We are bombarded by them  television radio newspapers magazines posters tee shirts the internet you name it  all encouraging us to buy buy buy