"Whoso Keepeth The Fig-Tree Shall

 Eat The Fruit Thereof:

And He That Waiteth On His Master

Shall Be Honoured."

~Proverbs 27:18 



  

Earning a living, having a job, becoming employed, you're either a servant or a child. Bosses, the higher ups, supervisors, customers, the guy that makes all the rules, telling me what to do, when I do it I am doing the right thing. Good work ethics, pleasing the customer, the customer is always right. Following a set schedule, going to work everyday, showering before and after work, feeling like you are following the rules when you are. Knowing when you do not obey, that you are not doing your best. Respecting your boss, having a boss you can respect is of utmost importance. People becoming supervisors when they are not worthy of the job: his boss would growl at him, he gave me work to do that was beneath my abilities but had to obey him, he yelled at me in his office, no one heard so if a tree falls in a forest will no one know?

Pay your employees on time, pay them immediately the next day after they do work for you. Servants not getting paid, working people who are going to work hungry, bosses who cheat a servant of a livelihood, low minimum wages, forced to volunteer instead of earn money, needing a boss to look up to, working just because working feels good. Working feels healthy--fig trees giving fruit, full plates, buying items for survival with your wages, paying your way, buying gifts, feeling good, having enough cash, tipping, feeling rich.

Then there is yet another type of master:  Y' hosua ben P'rachayah and Nitai, of Arbel said: "Select a "master"-teacher for yourself." (~Pirkei Avot 1:6.) Rabbis are master-teachers. He that waiteth on his master shall be honoured: Carry her books, prepare her tallit and tefillin, smile at her when she walks through the door, obey her, think of great questions to ask her, listen to her every word, read all the books she recommends, do what she tells you to do, the student and teacher, best friends: Now reaping in a fig harvest: harvesting fig trees full of delicious figs: Proverbs, Psalms, Mishneh, Torah Parashat, Festivals, Shabbat Rest. Figs that satisfy hunger: books, delicious sweet figs that are words to remember, like candy, never hungry anymore, always satisfied, brain filled, stomach filled, converting studies into teachings, spreading the word to solve world hunger problems. Hungry? Have them eat cake! Candied figs for everyone!