...material delights.

In my late teens 

I would often covet

and not be able

to afford the object

of my covetousness.

Now that I can afford

I have no longings 

for those material delights. 

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[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed this is often the case as we progress through life and the owning of material things shrinks in import and we become more contented with simple things.