If each of us were to take our sorrows and put them in a box… [Goes a Hasidic teaching] And then given a choose of choosing any box we wished… Each of us would take back our own, for all the rest would seem even more difficult to bear. What I learn from this Hasidic […]
Daily Life
Replace Wall
What can I say? This is just a delightful picture I stumbled upon while walking in New Jersey this summer. There’s something about the directness of the message and the fact that someone took the time to paint it so legibly. It makes me smile every time I see it. I’m sure there’s a […]
How can we say thank you more often?
It’s simple. Did you have a good day? Thank you. A bad day? Thank you. A frustrating day? Thank you. A blessed day? Thank you. A forgettable day? Thank you. A boring day? Thank you. An inspiring day? Thank you. A transformational day? Thank you. An unsettling day? Thank you. A peaceful day? Thank […]
Thoughts on the 2016 presidential election
Each of us woke up this morning. I’ve got to say that the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America caught me by surprise. So much so, that I’m very much in the midst of making meaning out of the experience of seeing this begin to unfold around me. Here […]
The dog at the airport
I have to write about the dog at the airport. I was wandering thru D Terminal when I heard a sad sounding yelp over the soft voice of the podcast I was listening to. It was the sound of a small dog being stuffed into a portable carrying case by its owner as he prepared […]
Surrounded by Teachers
The person you most admire. Your teacher. The person you most despise. Your teacher. The person you love with all your heart. Your teacher. The person who drives you crazy. Your teacher. The person you pass by daily without ever noticing. Your teacher. The person you’ve never met. Your teacher. The childhood friend you lost […]