A Jewish Proverb: The Fox and the Vineyard
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 10:01AM 
An old Jewish proverb tells this interesting story:
A sly fox passed a lovely vineyard. A tall fence surrounded the vineyard on all sides. As the fox circled the fence, he found a small hole in the fence, barely large enough for him to push his head through. The fox could see the luscious grapes in the vineyard and his mouth began to water. But the hole in the wall was to small for him. So what did the sly fox do? He fasted for three days until he became so thin that he managed to slip through the hole.
Inside the vineyard the fox began to eat to his heart's content. He grew bigger and fatter gorging on the sweet grapes. Then he became very thirsty. Going back to the hole to make his exit, he discovered he was now to fat to get out! What to do now? He fasted for three more days just to become small enough to squeeze out, nearly dying of thirst.
Turning back to the vineyard as he headed to find water he said "What value are you to me? Just as I entered so I leave.
Solomon said something similar, just as a man comes into the world, so he leaves it. It's what we do in between that counts.
Keith Barnhart - Estimator
