As a little girl, my grandmother would make me recite this poem when I felt the urge to throw away "good" food just because I didn't want it. So keeping in mind all those who live without on this Inspirational Monday, here is:
Waste Not, Want Not
I shall not throw on the floor
the stuff I cannot eat
cause many hungry little ones
would think it quite a treat.
Tis wistful waste make woeful want
and I will live to say
how I wish I had that little crumb
I once had thrown away
(Author unknown)
*Just noticed that this is my 100th post. Whoo-hoo !!!
9 comments:
We think we need so much but then when you see someone surviving off of so little, it hits a nerve. I'm inspired to instill this message in my daughter. Thanks for reminding me.
very appropriate these days. i think i will drag my sick body out of bed and make oatmeal cookies. not because i feel like it but because i am freezing and the smell of cookies will warm me up!!
Great poem and I think that's what would end up happening. I would toss it aside only to dream of it later.
I completely agree with the sentiment...but I am much more like that with money than I am with food. When I'm eating, I always leave a little behind. (And, wow, do I feel bad about that right now.) But with money, I always think, will I need that later? Will I regret spending this? Even if it's something that I absolutely need, I can't shut off the whispering worries in my head.
Congrats on 100 posts!! Your Grandmother... very smart woman. : )
*Give thanks to all for your continued visits to my Necessary Room. I enjoy and appreciate all your comments and shared insight.
One Love, Se'Lah
Now this may very well be the best 100th post I have ever read. I love that you still remember a poem that you memorized as a child.
-Francesca
Here is a slightly different version that my Godmother used to quote to me:
"Waste not want not for I shall live to say I wish I had the [carrots] I threw away one day. We should not throw away the food we cannot eat, for there may be ones less fortunate who would think it quite a treat."
Growing up back in the islands this promotion was engrained in our minds at preschool and elementary school
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