“Eat your meals on time. Have your fill. Relish and enjoy the food provided by your parents which they have secured through much hard work. Never find fault with it or refuse it. If you relish fondly, it nourishes your body well. Then the body can do any amount of work.”

…Sathya Sai Baba, Health is Wealth, Divine Discourse, Summer Showers, 27 May 2002

https://sssbpt.info/summershowers/ss2002/ss2002d12.pdf

“The first lesson in seva has to be learned in the family circle itself. Father, mother, brothers, sisters—in this limited group which is well-knit, one must engage in loving service and prepare for the wider seva that awaits outside the home. The character of each individual member determines the peace and prosperity of the family; the character of each family is the basic factor that decides the happiness and joy of the village or the community. And the nation’s progress is based on the strength and happiness of the communities that are its components. So, for the welfare of the country and of the entire world, the spirit of service, vital enthusiasm, constructive imagination, pure motivation, and unselfish alertness are all urgently needed.”

…Sathya Sai Baba, Lessons on Seva Sadhana, 19 Nov 1981, Sevadal Conference

https://www.ssssahitya.org/discourses/1981/lessons-on-seva-sadhana