Meat for food

I'm not a vegetarian, and not planning to be one. But each time I when I prepare meat for food (cutting up chicken leg quarters, trimming off fat, etc), a deep soberness fills my heart. Each piece of meat belonged to a body and a life that had once lived and walked on this earth. Life is sacred. To waste food is to despise life. Therefore, I resolve to make good use of every bit of meat, bone and fat I purchase, not to waste anything, especially since this food comes to our table at the expense of a life.