"Our culture of excess is growing, infiltrating even our most basic activities. Overeating and obesity are epidemic in the United States. The size of servings has doubled in the past twenty years.  ...(In Japan) the portion is reasonable in size and appealing in its presentation, with the same dynamic of form and space seen in a Zen garden... My dharma grandfather Yasutani Roshi used to say, "You should always stop eating before you feel completely full."

  -John Daido Loori from The Zen of Creativity, page 157

- Quite a different concept than the all-you-can eat Chinese buffet I recently visited.
- Cleaning out what isn't needed, a good goal for the end of summer. Amazing how good it feels to drop off that last load at the Good Will.