Once when a bhandara was organised, a Saint came to Sai and praised the arrangements, the discipline amongst sevadharis and said that the food too was well prepared and tasty. He admitted that it was not possible for him to organise a bhandara at this scale and with this perfection.
Sai told him that Saints should never imitate or copy what others do, as imitating is a trait of worldly people. We Saints must only do what we can and not by looking at what others are doing. Earlier when resources were limited, we never even thought of doing this at such a scale. There were times at the time of Baba Gobinddas Sahib when we would eat very simple meals consisting of only dal and chapati and be very content with that too.
There is a mention in the history book of Darbar Sahib Halani of the times when the Saints would eat chana ( _bhugda_) , drink water and feel satiated, play the conch shell to announce the conclusion of the meal! Never has any Saint of our Darbar asked for anything from anyone. They have always followed the rule strictly of spreading the feet as per the length of the mattress. If we spread them beyond that, we are bound to land up in trouble.
So, we must only do as per what we have and this will certainly result in everlasting happiness!