Becoming "Chol"

Chazal say that one should sooner turn his Shabbos into a weekday and not honor the Shabbos with delightful edibles such as meat and fish than have to ask others for money. In "Chazalian" עשה שבתך חול ואל תצטרך לבריות. Explains Rav Moshe Kasher in Hegyonos [page 134]: When a person has to ask for money HE becomes חול. Better Shabbos become חול than a person.

Beloved friends - My spirits are up and I thank Hashem for every second [see my recent post entitled "Baruch Hashem"] but all of this fundraising is making me feel pretty חול'דיק.

I almost ended the post with a sad face but instead...

:-)