Not in abundance

Fasting from food is the first and most bodily form of a larger fast: from acquiring, from accumulating, from the constant low-grade reaching for more. Jesus seems to have owned almost nothing, and he was the freest person anyone had met.

The mind that wants more is the same mind that cannot sit still, and it is the same mind that eats when it is not hungry. Simplicity is a relief, not a moral achievement. Every unnecessary thing you stop reaching for returns a little attention to you, and attention is the currency of the kingdom.