Hillel and Shammai disagreed as to how to live the good
life. Shammai would set aside a calf for
the Sabbath meal as early as Monday. If,
on Tuesday, he found a choicer animal he would set that one aside. And so on through the week, he would miss the
beauty of daily living in frustrating preparation for the Sabbath. Hillel, on the other hand, would take each
morsel of food as it came into his hands and enjoy it in its own time. Each day was precious to him; each moment a
joy. He did not postpone living. He would say: “Thank God” each day! Thus our rabbis stated: “He who has food and
says, 'What will I eat tomorrow?' is lacking in faith.” The true person of faith says simply, 'This is
the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad thereon'.” (Psalms
118:24) -Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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