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Where do I Start?

They asked Rabbi Levi Yitzhak:  “Why is the first page number missing in all the tractates of the Babylonian Talmud? Why does each begin with the second?” He replied: “However much a man may learn, he should always remember that he has not even gotten to the first page.”  - Martin Buber

A Prayer for the New Day

“This is the beginning of a new day God has given me.   This day to use as I will.   I can waste it or use it for good.   What I do today is important because I’m exchanging a day of my life for it.   When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something I have traded for it.   I want it to be gain, not loss; good not evil; success not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price I paid for it.”   -Anonymous

What We Do Not Know

“Nothing of course begins at the time you think it did.” - Lillian Hellman There is a great story behind all things.   There is more than we see and know to each episode of life.   Accept the fact that you only know a fragment of reality and with that knowledge comes hope.