Just as the termites and beetles are consuming the wood on my house, life has been consuming me…or at least my time. I’m frustrated by the fact that work, kids (and their needs), physical therapy for my knee, and a variety of other things are taking up all my time and attention, leaving me little …
How to Stop Life From Consuming Me: Practical Spiritual Tips Read More »
Just a short post today to make note of a special event in which all change agents might want to participate–Jewish or not: Climate Healing Shabbat and International Day of Climate Action. On October 24, Jews all over the world read Parshat Noah, the the biblical story of Noah, the flood, the ark, and the …
Do you have faith in God? If not, why? Does your lack of faith constitute a sin? On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish Year, the Day of Repentance, we contemplate faith. This past summer while I as at the Aleph Kallah, author Arthur Kurzweil taught me that the “Jewish way of holiness …
Ever wonder why you keep turning over a new leaf-the same leaf-year after year? Ever wonder why you keep asking for forgiveness-for the same sins-year after year? Ever wonder why your targets never change even though you keep resetting them and trying harder to hit a bull’s eye-the same bull’s eye-year after year? On the …
This past Friday night, Shabbat, I celebrated my 21st wedding anniversary. A lot of people congratulated me. I suppose it represents some sort of feat to stay married that long. However, it seems to me that someone should be asking what my marriage is like after all those years. It’s a feat to stay married …
It seems to me that this year quite a number of Wise Souls have left the earth plane. By this I mean that people I consider full of wisdom have died. Not only were they full of wisdom, however, they also were people very connected to Spirit, or God, very in tune with other people …
The doctor called today to give me the results of my MRI. I twisted my knee in New York City nine weeks ago. The MRI showed that I partially tore my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) — again. I tore the same ligament in the same knee — my left — 14 years ago. Actually, I …
Even though August tends to be a slower month with lots of people on vacation, in my life, things haven’t slowed down at all. I’m back home from New York City after a 7-week stay with my son and everything seem sto be gearing up. After just two days at home, my stepson arrived for …
I was leaving an event the other night when I noticed someone with a T-shirt I thought was quite funny. It said: “The best revenge is living long enough to annoy your children.” I laughed at the time. The next day I got on a bus and went to visit my elderly mother. After I …
Lessons Learned from Aging Parents: Annoying or Not Read More »
I’ve been in New York City for just about six weeks now. Although I was born in Manhattan, I grew up at the base of the Catskill Mountains. With the exception of this summer, I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. In fact, I’ve lived most of my life in the suburbs or in …
The Sound of Silence…or at Least Something Close to Silence Read More »
In more than one mystical tradition, we are told that we know everything there is to know prior to being born into a physical body. We even know it while in utero. Then, once our little bodies make their way down through the birth canal and into the world, we forget all that knowledge and …
Why is Life about Remembering What We Have Forgotten? Read More »
Did you know that fear and excitement show up the same way in your body? If you were hooked up to a machine that monitored your response to fear or to excitement, your body would respond the same way to both experiences. That means the body can’t tell the difference between the two. In Hebrew, …
Fear or Excitement: Which Would You Like to Call It? Read More »
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