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A fox once passed by a beautiful garden, filled with row after row of
delicious fruits and vegetables.  The food looked so tempting, the fox
wanted to eat it all.   But there was a problem.   A tall fence surrounded
the garden.  The fox went around the entire fence many times determined to
get in.   Finally, he found a hole in the fence, but it was too small for
him to fit through.  The fox was not about to give up so easily.   "Where
there is a will there is a way!" he thought.  So he decided to fast until
he would be skinny enough to fit through the small opening.

For three straight days, the wily fox fasted.   Finally, he was able to fit
through the hole.  Once inside the garden, he ate to his heart's content.
After enjoying the good life in the garden for some time, it was now time
to leave and return to his family.  But try as he might, he was now too fat
and couldn't squeeze through the hole!   He had no choice but to fast
another three days until he could squeeze out again.

When he finally made it outside the fence, he turned and looked back.
"Garden, garden, how sweet was your fruit!" he said with a shout.   "But
what good is it to me; when the way I went in, is the way I came out!"

As we go through life, we too, like the fox, may be tempted to sacrifice
real and lasting values for temporary and imaginary gains.

TorahFax - Friday, Nissan 28, 5758 / April 24, 1998