粮食尽量精,肉类尽量细。变质的东西不吃;变色的东西不吃,变味的东西不吃;烹饪得不好不吃;不是吃饭的时间不吃;切的不好看不吃;调味品不好不吃。肉类虽多,但不要吃过量。只有酒不限量,但不要喝醉。从集市上买来的酒肉不吃;每餐必有姜,但不多吃。
我们都是自己制造的囚徒,被我们讲给自己的故事所困。
Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.