My child, Pay attention to what I am about to say. Listen! Whoever listens to me will feel secure and at ease, without fear of evil. Use well whatever you have and give worthy offerings to the Lord. Enjoy happiness and do not reject lawful pleasure when it comes your way. Give, take and treat yourself well. The envious eye covets the food of others; there will be misery and famine at his table. When one is always eyeing another’s table, it cannot be said that he is really living, for he is defiling himself with another’s food; the intelligent and educated one will avoid such things. Remember that a greedy eye is an evil thing. What is worse than such an eye? Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Better a poor man healthy and fit, than a rich man tormented in the body. No riches are preferable to physical well-being, and no joy is greater than a cheerful heart. Do not stretch out your hand to everything you see or be quick in reaching for a dish. In all things, act prudently. Most necessary for man’s life are water, fire, iron and salt, wheaten flour, milk, honey, the juice of the grape, oil and clothing. All these are good for those who are good, but for sinners they become evil. 09.05.24