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Man must have the wisdom of deciding what to eat and what not to eat? May be that a person who is offering and providing food free of cost but the person is taking food, how much will he take it free of cost? May you enjoy a lot of costly sweets in any function but what benefit will you get from that unusual diet? The body will accept the calories as it needs only. A proper quantity of sweets will be assimilated by the body but if you eat much, you will invite laziness and diabetic diseases. Think yourself why we are taking food for living or for eating only? Food is the base of life. Take it as you need it. There is a great demerit of the Hindustanis that they do not stop when they begin eating whether it is a matter of food or bribe. People are accustomed of eating the things available free of cost. When they go to take food in any function, they do not puzzle themselves by taking bread, loaf and vegetables. They eat only the dishes of varied sweets and richly prepared dishes. It is said that if you go for any feast, eat only white things which are generally varied sweet dishes. It will not be exaggerated to say if they are asked for serving loafs, they will not hesitate of replying for what they would take the loaves which are already available at homes and will further say that they have come to enjoy only special dishes. The tendency of such heavy diet consuming people started the envelope systems. The reason is that if they are taking food estimating one hundred rupees, certainly the fifty rupees will be gifted this way.
It so happened. A hotel was inaugurated and opened in Mount Aabu. A sign board was put up there that read, “Take as much food as you can. Don't take tension of payment. It will be charged from your grand and great grand sons.” A person habitual of eating free of charge, once went to visit Mount Aabu. He caught sight of that sign board put up on the hotel. He entered the hotel and 102
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