As a Jew, I’m now in the midst of Days of Awe, the 10 days between the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Repentance, Yom Kippur. During this time we are supposed to take an accounting of our sins and repent for them. However, I think the biggest sin of all is […]
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The Jewish New Year comes in the autumn, at a time when things are not new at all but old. Here in Northern California, everything is brown and dry from the drought. Around most of the United States. the trees are turning colors and dropping leaves. Everything is going dormant. It’s a bit like a
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September 11 came and went fairly quietly–at least at my home. Yet, I was aware of what day it was and what the date commemorated. For others, I know it was noisy–in their hearts and heads. And, of course, there were memorial services. I often think about the souls that left this earth on 9-11,
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The sky here in Northern California is clear and bright. Tonight, August 31, 2012, I’ll be able to see the blue moon. When two full moons occur in any calendar month, the second is called a blue moon. The term (in its modern usage) has nothing to do with the moon’s color. A blue moon
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“Can you really let go?” I asked myself this question today when I left my son a long message on Facebook telling him I was basically “cutting the apron strings” and letting him handle his own stuff. To a great extent, I have not choice but to let go; he’s in Germany. I can’t help
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A strange thing happens to me when my life feels out of control in any way. I start cleaning. I don’t mean just dusting and vacuuming. I don’t do that much of that. (I admit that the one splurge I allow myself in my life is a person who actually cleans the house every two
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Whether we are sports fanatics or not, most of us love to watch the Olympics. We may have our favorite sports, but we may find ourselves watching sports we don’t find quite so interesting as well. For example, I love gymnastics, dressage, tennis and soccer during the summer Olympics as well as volleyball. Yet,I watch
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I happened to come across this post, thanks to a colleague of mine who also wrote about it, written by JessicaRedfield, one of the victims in the Aurora, CO, theater shooting. She not only narrowly missed being killed during a mall shooting just over a month before she was shot but continued to harbor a
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If 21 people ended up with burns while doing a Tony Robbins firewalk, does that mean the idea of walking across 2,000 degree coals is bogus? Crazy? Really stupid? Does it mean that it can’t be done safely? Some might say, “Yes.” In fact, attendees of Tony Robbins motivational seminar, “Unleash the Power Within,” a
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Did you know that you could be doing good in the world–even be performing Godly work–and still not be fulfilling your purpose? You might actually be wasting your time by fulfilling the wrong mission. Let me explain, According to Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai, we are each given a mission to fulfill during our lifetime. Not
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“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” — Marianne Williamson For years, on and off, I’ve kept a gratitude journal. Pretty simple really. You get a notebook, and once a day–usually before you go to bed–you write down at least five things for which you
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Yesterday I watched an past episode of Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday. It featured Bishop T.D. Jakes speaking about how to use our time effectively. I found myself pondering something I often think about: How much could I do that truly fulfills my purpose here on earth if I just gave up all the things I
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