When growing up, mum always told us the importance of giving our first fruits whenever we start something.
- She said that offering your first fruits to the needy is like giving back to your business or whoever ventures the first fruits are from.
The first fruits, she explained, were the first profits and the first result in anything you do. When I began my air conditioning business five months ago, we had an unexpected gain that I thought to give back to my community. The company would give back to help with the indoor comfort needs of the needy. Some residents had HVAC units that needed air conditioning tune-up or any other air conditioning service, for that matter. Like my dear mother, other people had inefficient units and needed an upgrade ASAP. The business identified the neediest people and set out to provide suitable cooling products. I handled mum’s case. She was now retired, and her house was in dire need of a quality air conditioner. My cooling workman and I assessed the house and settled on getting a central air conditioning unit to serve her and the surrounding tenement houses she rented out. As much as the unit also cleans the air, we saw it fit to add an indoor air cleaning system after the pandemic we had just survived. The different air conditioning installs took a couple of months, and the air conditioning expert was extremely busy. Out of all the needy residents we chose, we were able to train at least three-quarters of them on how to change air filters without the help of a cooling tech. I would oversee mum’s air conditioning repair myself. Mum and her neighbors felt very special.