Sunday, July 17, 2011

Philosophy of Food


A great philosopher once said, “Man is what he eats.” This statement made me to reflect on the human person. As I was reflecting I heard an inner voice “whatever the human being does is only for sustaining his body through food, cloth and shelter.  Eating becomes an essential part of everyday life. It is the primordial need of human being from which all other actions emerge. But it also must be accepted that food is not as important as work, prayer but they cannot take birth with an empty stomach. For example, don’t ask a hungry man to pray.
 Food taken by human beings sustains body and gives energy. Without the action of eating, it is impossible to discharge to duties and becomes a difficult task to share the life (time, talents, and energy) with others. Let us follow the great dictum in our lives “Eat to live but not Live to Eat”. 

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