A Soulful Journey

 "Doctor," the man said to his ophthalmologist, " I was looking in the mirror this morning and I noticed that one of eyes is different from the other!" "Oh?' replied the doctor.  "Which one?" - Jerry Simpson There are times when we are so self-absorbed that we fail to see that we are perfect, just the way God intended.

A schadchen was trying to persuade a young man that it was time he entered the bonds of matrimony. 'I've got just he girl for you.' 'Who is it?' 'Sarah Geldbeutel.' 'The bankers daughter?' 'Yes.' 'But she limps.' 'You will be able to afford a carriage.' 'And she has only one eye.' 'She will see only half your faults.' 'And she's a hunchback.' 'Well, what do you want - a Venus?' - Friday Nite Book A cute old story but one which reveals a great human truth: we look for perfection in others while overlooking our own shortcomings.

There is a story about a man who was so upset at reading studies linking smoking with cancer that he stopped reading. Reality is as we choose to perceive it.   We can call good, bad and ugly, beautiful.   The choice is always ours.  Choose wisely.

If a woman is said to be pious, we mean she is not good looking.           - anonymous   It is much the same as the old phrase, "She has a great personality." Since when are women not judged on their merits?   Answer: For too long.

"Do not cast us away into old age." Nobody wants to get old. Rabbi Sidney Greenberg made a comment on this verse that when a person visits a friend in the hospital they may remark, "Boy, has she aged!" Even though the patient may look bedraggled Greenberg warns us to to slot people into the old age category based on how we look.  Such thinking brings us lower than we already feel. Our words have a dramatic effect.