What Does This Tell You About Yourself?

Day 195: One Boss in a Million

There are few bosses out there who understand their employees: their lives, their financial or familial situations, etc. But every so often, we find that one boss in a million who is willing to go out of their way to support and help out their employees. All bosses should ideally be caring people who are willing, able, and ready to be there for their workers.

I was talking about this section to one of my friends and he made me realize that this "boss" we're talking about isn't just our boss at work or anything along those lines, our true boss is Hashem. God is that one boss in a million (remember, monotheism) who knows all of us beneath Him as well or better than we know ourselves.

I really have to start thinking about these sections not only in a face-value way, I have to start thinking of them as spiritual tips.

Day 196: Shabbat

Goodness gracious! This week is over! I have now finished my internship (I was sent off by my co-workers with brownies, and chocolates, and a sweet card), I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for my math class, family vacation is fast approaching, and I'm starting to see people again.

This week came with some surprise, people I didn't expect to see, words I didn't expect to hear or say, feelings I didn't expect to feel, and I wouldn't have changed any of it. This week was the perfect storm and I have been deafened by its thunders and shocked by its lightning. It. Is. Time. For. Shabbas. Shabbat shalom!

• Find Work for the Developmentally Disabled: N/A 
• An Employer Must Know How His Employees Live: N/A
• Confession and Your Neighbor's Soul: Some of the secrets were taken care of this week, I'm slowly working on the others.
• How Can One Repent Who Has Committed the Ultimate and Unforgivable Sin?: N/A
• When a Jew Acts Dishonestly Toward a Non-Jew: I feel really bad that I didn't take the time to understand this section as well as I could have so in the future I'd like to come back to it and study it in more depth.
• One Boss in a Million: N/A

Day 197: Have You Written an Ethical Will?

If you haven't yet, I'm in the same boat. I'm about to be a sophomore in college, I don't feel that now is the time for to me to be thinking about these things, but inevitably I will...because I'm a worrier. Mom and dad had me sign a very generic will on my 18th birthday last year and that's as far as I've thought about death in relation to me.

Though I haven't yet written one, I would like to write an ethical will to my family one day explaining my thoughts or philosophies and what I hope for the future of my family. I think it's just as important that one's family knows their minds and spirits, as well as they know the personality of their loved one.

Day 198: Three Traits That Reveal Your Character

"You can recognize a person's real character by his wine cup (koso), his purse (kiso) and his anger (kaaso)."

1) His cup (koso): Does the person drink alcohol? How do they act when they are drunk? I'm not the kind of girl who enjoys drinking, it's rare to find an alcohol that I enjoy, but it happens every so often because I live (for the most part) on a college campus. Though I've never been drunk or tipsy, I find that when I do drink, I either become increasingly talkative and happy or quiet and tired. Never the both but always just one.

2) His purse (kiso): Is the person stingy or generous? I try to be generous, but generosity is, I believe, a combination of something you work hard to achieve and something you are born with. I often have the intention to give or to help someone, but I also sometimes feel that it is not my place to help or other things happen and I am unable to give. However, I always collect tzedaka and am quick to give extra change to a pushke if there is one around.

3) His anger (ka'aso): Does the person get angry easily? How do they act when they are angry? Do they say things that are unfair or inappropriate when they are angry? This is also something I've worked very hard on. I believe now that I am more slow to anger because I understand that oftentimes, people don't mean to upset me (something I couldn't really grasp when I was younger). I think I'm good at remaining calm in times of confrontation and I don't say unfair or inappropriate things when I'm angry. I try to take a step back and reassess where I am and what I'm feeling and thinking.