This is no real prayer, but may be something worthwhile to share:

My mother grew up during the second world war. Although she never suffered from severe starvation, she would be very cautious concerning wasting of food and water. She would avoid throwing away food if ever possible. When she cooked meet, she would buy only a little peace. She would always save water and switch of unused lights. Although she operated economically, I never had the feeling, that we missed something.

I have seen people living alone – but the fridge is filled up to feed a whole family. Finally most of the food is thrown away. It does not hurt them because food is comparitively cheap in our country. Out of greed I myself have bought many things I did not need afterwards. When I think of the people in poorer parts of the world, it is embarrassing.

One simple measure in our rich contries could be to buy only what we really use – this does not only concern food. We would

- still have everything we like
- save a lot of money
- preserve our resources
- save the life of many animals
- have less waste we have to bother with

The only thing to do would be to train ourselves to think a little bit ahead before we go for shopping. And that the kick we get from buying something superfluos is only very short-lived.

Gratitude and best wishes to all those who continue dedicating their lives by working hard on balancing nature with needs! Please, do not stop with your wonderful work!