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Chapter Fourteen
You Are the Salt of the Earth
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under
Ipeople’s feet. (KJV Matthew 5:13)
f wonderful dishes of food are prepared, but salt is not present, you cannot enjoy the variations of taste. In saying this, we are not
speaking from a culinary or even medical point of view, but from a symbolic and spiritual viewpoint. Generally, salt adds relish to every type of food you eat. Similarly, life and all its experiences should contain a special relish. If you know how to put a little sprinkle of “salt” in everything you experience— pain as well as pleasure—life becomes easier.
To most people, pleasant situations seem quite tasty. But, unpleasant situations seem tasteless and
