Penny´s Pocket

I was browsing through a sales catalogue featuring sets of pots and pans at half the normal retail price, and today is the last day to exercise the purchase!  The cloud of temptation to own a pedigree brand with insurmountable product quality at an affordable price, was simply irresistible.

It was time to draw my procrastination curtain to review my window of needs intensely.  The stony factor that deterred me most from the purchase was the thought of my funds being filtered into another´s pocket, too unwisely.  In addition to it, my to do list would increase by one extra chore i.e. the need to find space in my petite kitchen.

The scarcity of space and funds goes hand in hand and works very well with my current situation.  Why would I want to trade off my funds in exchange for fixtures that require my time (another scarce commodity) to allocate a space?  It would be so senseless to deplete my funds and burden myself to work around the clutter.  How would the ownership make a difference in my cooking needs?  What would be my opportunity cost to tamper with my bank account in order to give my kitchen a cosmetic uplift?

I took my friend Math´s advice and disposed the entire catalogue of great savings  into the recycle bag.  I threw away Penny´s pocket. I put on my apron  and started the cooking process with my utility pan instead of visualizing my 10 piece set.  I enjoyed every bit of the cooking experience and the aroma that penetrated the kitchen was such a joy to inhale.

Just as I sat down to write, I bumped into an old article on the possibility of living simply yet enjoying in abundance.

I was so touched by the divine guidance of the essay that reinforced me - the decision was not mine.  It was the greater Universe at play reminding me that I am only a small particle floating in the vastness. 

The insignificance of me is the element that I am effacing.