Food is meant to nourish your body and help your mind find enlightenment. It’s a way of bringing humans back to nature, of clearing our minds for meditation. You’re the soil. Food is the seed.
Trust means confidence. The opposite of trust - distrust - is suspicion. When you trust people, you have confidence in them - in their integrity and in their abilities. When you distrust someone, you are suspicious of them - of their integrity, their agenda, their capabilities, or their track record...the difference is not small, it is dramatic.
Work is love made visible. If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and watch those who work with joy.
For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.
This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.
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