" The difference ," God replied , " rests in one simple choice . You see , in Hell , people only think of serving themselves , while in Heaven , they have learned to feed each other ."
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( While this parable is attributed to Rabbi Haim of Romshishok , variations of it are heard all over the world -- from Europe , where the pot is filled with stew and the people are using long-handled spoons , to China , where the pot is filled with rice and the people are using elongated chopsticks )
" The allegory of the long spoons teaches us that when we struggle to deed only ourselves , we all go hungry . And yet when we focus on relieving our neighbor ' s hunger , there is always enough to feed everyone ." ~ Caritas
Amen ... Let it be so !
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