The Now

How do we live most meaningfully?  How do we create the channels to receive the highest blessings we wish for?  How do we get over the mistakes of yesterday?

Maybe I need to run faster!  Maybe I need to work harder?  Maybe I need to work on Saturdays, too.  Maybe I need to work late…

I mean, I wish I had time to be at home and spend more time with my kids.  I wish I had more time to talk with them.  I wish I could stop in the morning and help my wife get the kids out, or come home early and be more present with my family.  But I need to run after the blessings we are all hoping for.  I need to make it rain.

I need to worry about tomorrow.  And man-oh-man, I need to fix yesterdays mistakes.

But what if I didn’t?  What if I didn't have to worry about any of those things?  What if I really could unplug from the insanity, stop the race, and just BE?

Attached please find a Shu-Shine on the Torah portion of Behar-Bechukotai - "The Now"

May we each be blessed to be present in the moment, fully present, and live each moment for all it is; the rest will take care of itself.

This shu-shine is dedicated to my amazing Rebbe, Rav Yehoshua Witt, who finally came home again and showered our chevre with his love and light and Torah.  And to Esther Rivka Blady and Dan Berkowsky, whose insights and spiritual questions brought out the reflections of this weeks 'shine.

With Love and a Smile,

~Shu