The power of doing without

If you have the choice to acquire, or do without, choose to do without. Every time you choose to do without, you are practicing to make your life simple. A simple life, free of insecurities and distractions, is an open palette for wisdom.  And by actively choosing to do without, you are relinquishing attachments to pleasure and comfort, which will come in handy when life throws you challenges.

Doing without means restraining on our impulses, which teaches us how to properly do with; i.e. how to acquire in a healthy way. By deciding not to act on our impulses to eat when we're not hungry, shop when it doesn't fit our budget, etc, we are improving our inner discretion of what we really need and when we really need it.