Most of us spend our lives thinking that if we accomplish X or know Y, we will finally feel worthy and valuable. In other words, we will matter - at some time in the future. What would it be like to believe that our worthiness is already a given by virtue of our simply being born? When our kids were born, I bought them each the book On The Day You Continue Reading
Doing is Overrated: Steep Yourself In Silence
Doing is over-rated. Sometimes the most urgent thing to do is to do nothing and steep yourself in silence. This is especially true when you realize that you are truly not in control of anything or anybody except your own self. When the chaos of the world gets too much, it is ok to pull back in to renew, reflect and receive the gifts that quiet Continue Reading
Increase the Light
Tonight we light the 3rd candle of Hanukkah. The story of Hanukkah is that even in the darkest of times, we make light. The tradition is that we light a new candle for each of the 8 nights of the holiday, thereby increasing the light each night. The rabbis understood that light was not just the physical light that we see with our eyes. There's an inner Continue Reading
Gratitude Is A Practice
What if Thanksgiving was not just one day a year, but a day that reminds you to practice gratitude and giving thanks each and every day? Establishing a regular gratitude practice is the best way to build resilience and happiness. For some people, gratitude comes easily. But for many others, noticing the good is elusive and speaking about it is even more Continue Reading
Find Your Place
I remember one clear moment when I knew I had found "my place." In my 4th year of rabbinic school I participated in a 5-day Jewish spirituality retreat.* We studied the Zohar's interpretation of the Torah portion “Lech Lecha." The Zohar, Judaism's mystical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, has a fascinating read on this text in Genesis. It is in Continue Reading
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