A Soulful Journey

  When the time comes for us to let go of the creations of our middle lives, we are like a tree in autumn dropping leaves, as we release our past attachments and preparing for a new phase of growth. The children move on, and careers shift or end. The lines on our faces, the stretch marks, and the grey hairs are beautiful testaments to the fullness of our experience. In the winter of our lives, we become stripped down to our essence like a tree. We may become more radiant than ever at this stage, because our inner light shines brighter through our eyes as time passes. Beauty at this age comes from the very core of our being—our essence. This essence is a reminder that there is nothing to fear in growing older and that there is a kind of beauty that comes only after one has spent many years on earth.

“Any man who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.”   - Sam Goldwyn

The Hoover Institution announced that the communist parties of the world lost eight million members….mostly without loss of life.   It was the largest drop in the world’s communist population since Joseph Stalin’s purges. - R. Emmett Tyre ll Jr., The American Spectator What once was thought to be a permanent foe has now deflated to the point where they are hardly recognizable.   What does this say about what we invest our energies into?

Sometimes we must admit we cannot change another, even someone we love.   What do we do then?   Only one thing: change yourself. “There was a lady who said my husband is the most brilliant man in the world.   Albert Einstein, I am told, had only four people in the world that could understand him.   My husband,” she said, “Nobody can understand.” – Harold Kushner

  Complaints occupy a great deal of mental space.  They take up a great deal of room in conversation.  Generally speaking, they go nowhere.  While generating great heat they tend to  to let off little steam.  “A group of Jews in the Midwest were dedicating a shul when the ceiling collapsed.   Two of them perished and immediately went o heaven.   The angel Gabriel met them and said: “Due to the accident, you arrived two weeks earlier than scheduled.   We don’t have room for you just yet.”   He called Satan below and told him to put them up for two weeks.   At the end of two weeks, Satan phoned Gabriel very excitedly.   “You have to take these two Jews out of here.   They’re going to wreck the place.”   “But what are they doing?” “They’re organizing a fundraising drive to air condition the place.   That will put me out of business.” – Rabbi Abraham Besdin It's always better to take action when you are dissatisf...