Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - Wednesday, 24 May 2017 "The Plague of Self-Service" - L'Arche Canada in Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada
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"The Plague of Self-Service"
Self-service is the worst of inventions. There we are, all with our own tray, own little bottle of wine, own little sachets of sugar, salt and pepper. It’s terrible to assume that everyone is going to eat and drink a standard quantity, and do it alone into the bargain. How much more human to have a nice big bottle from which everyone can pour as much as they want, and one nice big dish so that everyone can make sure that the others have what they need. Then meals are no longer a solitary and egotistical business but a time when each person shares and loves.
Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, p. 323
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