I do not know where I imbibed the quality of not wasting money and spending it on spreading joy. I love sharing and realized that when you share you gain greater joy and increase its quantity accordingly. Similarly, sharing grief leads to reducing it in larger ways. Whenever I buy something for myself, I feel like buying it for all the people whom I love.

As a toddler, I remember taking strolls with my father to the market. One day when I was out on these regular walks, I remember seeing a delightful piece of jewelery. I ecstatically called out as any normal kid would do. He looked at it and after carefully seeing it, analyzing if it was worth that much money, he just turned around and looked at me inquiringly - 'Do you really need it?' I contemplated upon this question for a while and realised that it was not important and willingly refused to buy it. This episode remained throughout life and even now I rather put my money where it is worth than being spendthrift just because I have the capacity to do so. Spending money judiciously is wiser than explicitly whiling it away.