I have a constantly changing source of parnassah – seasonal work. At the moment I am working on something that is connected to a project that started recently and is already almost finished. The work schedule is not convenient, but it’s not bad, since it’s only for a short time. Last Motza’ei Shabbos I planned on going out to work. I knew I had to be there at the earliest possible time, and right after Havdalah I was bursting with energy as I prepared to leave the house.
But the kaballah I made at the time of my wedding caught me at the door. Ever since my wedding, I have eaten melaveh malkah properly, with bread and zemiros. How could I cancel my custom for some transient work? I told myself, “It’s not terrible – I’ll eat mezonos and do my obligation, but inside myself I felt that Hashem’s Will was for me to trust that He would send me bountiful parnassah without my neglecting this important seudah.
I immediately went back into the house, washed my hands, sang zemiros, and only after Birkas Hamazon did I get up to go out to work. In the natural course of things, it seemed that I had lost out on a nice sum of money that I could have earned for an hour of work.
When I left home I took off my glasses as I am used to doing, and I walked with my eyes looking downward, and then, while I was walking, I discovered two 200-shekel bills on the sidewalk. A kosher find!
This money was more than the sum I would have received as payment for an hour of work. I saw that being careful regarding halachah brought about only good.
