Hi, my name is Andy and welcome to Radio Headspace.

Welcome to Friday morning or at the end of the week already.

Few days back, I was having a chat with a friend and he was asking me a question.

I don't know if you've ever thought about this question.

I've been asked it many times in my life.

It always surprises me, especially in recent years, how little it changes each time.

So what would you rescue if your house was on fire?

Other than your obviously family and friends and pets and everything else, what would you

rescue?

What's the one thing, the physical object that is of most value to you?

Things interesting.

I love listening to people's answers about this and the reasons behind why they would

rescue that one thing.

And it's surprising how often they're not things of value.

Although those things are valuable in one sense, they can often be replaced.

They're often things of sentimental value.

And it's something that I've thought about a lot as someone who became a monk, I made

the choice to give away everything at one point in my life.

So when you become a monk or none, you give away all of your belongings, your physical

belongings.

And it was a really interesting process.

It wasn't like I owned loads at that time anyway, but everything that I had I had to give

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