The pair of sandals
Then I saw a pair of white, plastic sandals in another store. I said, "These are very nice." But when I went to look, I saw that they were not actually a pair. They were two different sizes. One was size eight and one was size six.I took the sandals to the shopkeeper and asked her to give me either a six or an eight, since she didn't have seven or seven and a half. She said that she only had this one pair of sandals. She said, "No, you take these."
Was I going to buy one size six and one size eight? Naturally, I didn't buy them. That was my second experience.
Sri Chinmoy, Salutations, numbers 9-12, Agni Press, 1983