Every Cent Spent

...is a vote for the kind of world we are co-creating

Every cent spent is a vote for the world we are co-creating

I say this often: “Every cent spent is a vote for the kind of world we are co-creating.” and while that might not seem obvious at first glance, I believe it ought to be. Now, anything that “ought to be” implies that it is not so…yet. It could be that we could all become more mindful of how we spend. Of course, saving is also important and I have set aside something for my old age which seems to have arrived a few minutes ago.

Harrowings being the title of this Substack, I find it harrowing when I look back on how mindlessly I have thrown the wealth that has come my way around. I’ve taken some significant losses by investing in things that lost “value” but - at the time, these things sparked joy in me. They helped to heal a wound that was open and yawning. These less-than-wise acquisitions still served a purpose in building relationships and sparking joy in others.

I’m telling myself this story out here in Substack to inform myself and also to work on committing myself to a more mindful spending plan in the future. After necessities, there are few things that I need, but many things I want. While I believe the essential truth of the statement by Saint Paul in Romans 8:28 - “All things tend to the greater good” - or words to the effect, I believe too that being more mindful; more conscious; more pragmatic, we can effect a change in this world for the positive.

One must always be aware of the law of unintended consequences, of course. Just because it SEEMS like a good idea doesn’t mean that our actions might not have negative effects. All of this reminds me of the idea of the “Chaos Monkey” which is used in DevSecOps to test the resilience of software. I could go on, but for now, I’ll leave you with these thoughts and hope that some of them resonate.

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