Short story: The fat Rabbi, who died thin

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Rabbi Frarlich Sanglin, was rather short, and fat, and a bit podgy/pudgy. He told people, that this time around, God must have wanted him to perform his life from a fat body. Because he was not good-looking, and because he was fat, he said this helped to keep him humble. His fat body, he said, gave him more room in it to think fat thoughts, or to think more deeper thoughtful thinking. "A fat thought is a good thought, which is always better than a lean thought, that doesn't carry any weight to it," he would say. Then, he would add: "Our life purpose is not just to be thin, but should be for something greater than any goals of our body alone. Our life purpose is our soul purpose." "While, it is healthier to be thin, rather than fat, and we can do our best to try to stay thin, we should not obsess around this issue, but spend more of our time serving God, through our life purpose." This Rabbi put on weight easily, even though he stuck to his religious beliefs around the subject of food. He would never eat to a full fullness, but would only ever eat until, he was only just half-full. All of his food was ritually prepared, and cooked, according to the Jewish Religion's beliefs. "My fat has found me," he would laughingly say, "so why should I try to lose it," and yet he did try, but he remained fat. "I am what I am," he would then say. "You never say that a tree, is thin, or fat. They are just what they are, and so, so am I." Then one day, this little fat Jew, noticed that his pants were getting looser, he was at last losing weight, and as he had changed nothing in his lifestyle, he was at a loss as to why. He went to his doctor, who after a few tests, told him that he had bowel cancer. The poor man died thin then, a few months later. Rather a bad way to lose weight, but God obviously wanted him thin enough to fit into Heaven, via their narrow door. He had lived a life of great weight for God, always trying his best to do God's will in his life, and to help anyone, around him, who needed help, in any way. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Rabbi lived a weighty life for God, without letting his weight way down his life.