A Soulful Journey

"In back of every achievement is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law."  - Brooks Hays

“Holding a grudge is like letting someone live rent free in your head.”   - unknown “Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” – Jonathan Lockwood Hule “Do you think peace of mind can be found in holding a grudge…or harboring resentment…or wallowing in thoughts of what could have been? Me neither.” – Dr. Steven Maraboli “Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”  - Malachy McCourt

I've travelled all the roads that are And I ain't through travelin' yet. Lord, if there's a spree I haven't had It's the next I'm goin' to get. So I'm roaming free tonight And my heart is beatin' fast For the fun I'm goin' to have somewhere That ain't a goin' to last.   - Sada Applebaum

"...Caracalla [second century Roman ruler], who, having instigated the assassination of his brother, consented to the latter's deification.  Let him be a god, as long as he is not alive!"  - Salo Baron There has always been sibling rivalry, as far back as Cain and Abel  The lesson is obvious: we are not ready to improve ourselves, let alone the world, until we learn to get along with our family.

"When a young man marries he divorces his mother." -unknown

Once upon a time there was a prince who had only one daughter whom he loved deeply. When the girl came of age the prince found for her a worthy husband and prepared the wedding. On the eve of the painful separation, he spoke thus to the young husband: ”I give you my daughter as wife and I have no more right to retain her at my side any more.   But you must understand, my dear son-in-law, how hard is the separation for me. Therefore I beg you to take good care of my dear child and to keep a small room in your house always ready for me. Then I may rejoice in her company from time to time. Similarly, God gave away the Torah to the people Israel with the following warning: “I entrust to you this treasure with the hope that you will take care of it and you will have where are you dwell, a place, a small temple, where I can stay near my only daughter.” -Midrash

“A King had empty glasses. The king then said, “If I put inside them hot liquids they will break; cold liquids and they will contract. So what the king did was to mix hot and the cold together so they were able to coexist. So said the Holy One blessed be He, “If I create a world with only the attribute of compassion there will be much sin. If I create a world with only justice how will the world be able to stand?  Rather I am creating it with the attributes of justice and mercy so that it should stand.”  - Beresheit Rabbah 10