Am I allowed to waste the Godly resource - food?

(This is a conversation between my soul and my physical body (in other words brain)!)
Do I ever think about how much food I waste on a given day?
Did I ever understand how arrogant I was when I throw away plate-fulls of food during a buffet or a family reunion?
With all due respect, my soul asked my body, what makes me so powerful that I waste one of the valuable resources of this earth?

My body was stumped. It had no answer than to throw a customary smile!

Anyways, all this soul-searching started when I was toasting bread for my breakfast. A colleague stepped into the dining area when I was peeling the crust of the toasted-bread. She asked me why I disliked the crust - I had not one clue other than telling her that two slices of bread were too much for a breakfast and, thus, the crust went into the garbage. She grinned and said that she always told her children to respect food and not to waste any. She added that there are millions of people in the world who thrive, who live days, months, years, and even a life, just on that very crust that I threw away.

I did not want to be rude, so did not counter-attack. In fact, I had no valid argument to talk back. I felt that she lectured and disparaged me, but only realized the strength in her argument after few hours of introspection.

I come from a lower-to-middle class family. My parents worked their backs off to get my education at good schools and to inculcate in me some great skills/abilities. I have the resources today to lead a happy eventful life, not only because I worked hard , but mostly because my parents, elders, leaders, and everyone else who lived on this earth before worked in disciplined and dedicated fashion. Elders were disciplined in using the resources they had and they were dedicated to enhance the resources they used. They were disciplined and dedicated to make this world a better place to live.

Now, it's my turn, and all that I do is consume. I leave the task of production to some one else. Despite restoring what I consumed, I waste resources - no wonder my soul calls me an irresponsible knuckle-head! If I can do any help to my future generations, then that would be to be responsible in the way I use resources. Do not waste, do not excessively use anything. Period! I eat only that much my stomach can take and drink only that much my body can retain. I keep my body healthy and help my soul be rich.

Did my soul over-react to a simple aspect? Might be! But I believe such a reaction is needed to get the message clear (Now it makes sense why movies and news media exaggerate facts to the greatest extent.)

In summary, my soul tells me not to waste food, not to waste time, and not to waste the ability of my brain to think and act wisely. It instructs me to share food, time, joy, sorrows, thoughts, and intelligence with others and help others grow, for only in their growth does my growth lies.