Parsha BeHa'alotcha - Between Clouds and Clarity

Dear Friends,

Sending everyone wishes for the most beautiful Shabbat!  

Also sending an open invitation to send me your spiritual/life/faith/personal/relationship/God/religion/search-for-meaning questions for possible topics of future shu-shines!

It's hard the way we feel out of place sometimes.  We try to walk with God.  We try to live good lives.  We seek to be good people doing good things.  But yet sometimes we simply feel out of place, like we are not where we are supposed to be -- where we planned to be.  Suddenly we find ourselves filled with frustration and distress, and we want to shout at the world, and everyone around us:  "Can't you see I'm not happy!?  Isn't it obvious why things aren't right for me?!"

What do we do at such times?

Attached please find a Shu-Shine Rewind from 2011 for the Torah portion of 'BeHa'alotcha' - "Between Clouds and Clarity"

May we each be blessed to learn to pause when the clouds set in, and to trust that clarity is a gift of patience that comes to those who can let go when life moves out of his or her hands, trusting the Great Bus Driver in the Sky when He sees fit to take the wheel from us.

With Love and a Smile,

~Shu