Saturday, April 08, 2000

Plate of Rice


Today I heard a student took a big pile of rice on his plate. He ate only half and wanted to throw the rest away. It makes me ask myself questions like: " Why did he get so much in the first place and just let the rice go to waste?" or "In a country where half the population is hungry or have meager means, how could he throw away food like that? - didn't even think of his people!"

But perhaps, I do not have the right to say that.
It is stunning to realize the abundance of spiritual graces You have nourished me with. And yet many times I take them for granted. Many times I took them in half measures - and let the other half go to waste... not even thinking that I could have shared the "surplus" - the things like talents, knowledge, opportunities which I might have made inaccessible to others.