My sister-in-law sent over this beautiful prayer.
It is a prayer of thanks to the Almighty.
We thank G-d for:
- Being with us and supporting us with his loving kindness.
- Challenges that teach us, help us appreciate all that we have, and are ultimately for our benefit.
- The wonderful life bestowed upon us and for always listening to to our prayers.
If we concentrate on all that we have and not on what we don't and recognize that everything G-d does is ultimately for the good, then we can gain strength, persist, and reach ever new heights!
Hope you find hope and strength in this too. ;-)
(Special thanks to Sarah Herbsman for sharing this beautiful prayer.)
A Prayer Of Thanks
Pain Pain Go Away, Don't Come Back Another Day.
I saw this ad about controlling back pain.
The wincing face on the back was very effective.
Given that back pain is so common, I am sure many people can empathize with this.
For almost a year, I have been suffering with some arthritic pain although not back-related that has been horrible.
I never realized what this even was!
I'm at the point, where I feel surgery, with G-d's help, is the only answer.
Of course, I am not keen to have surgery and keep thinking how I may be able to put it off.
And then the inflammation flare-up and pain comes back and I rethink this again that I have to go forward and just take care of this.
I feel that I am too young for these problems, but life does not ask when or what.
Certainly, I am thankful it is nothing worse--and there are so many things worse.
And I appreciate that there are modern treatments these days that probably didn't really exist just 20-years ago.
Not sure exactly, what people did "in the olden days" when they had these things and just had to live (or die) with them.
I just want to be pain free and completely healthy again, so I can fully enjoy all the things that I always did.
Please G-d.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Pain Pain Go Away
Thought this was really nice at Starbucks.
A place to show respect and recognize your colleagues.
How often to we take others for granted for what they do--oh, it's their job or as one boss used to say coldy and harshly that their employees' recognition is that they get a paycheck every 2 weeks!
But people are not machines--they have feeelings, they need to be motivated, inspired, and appreciated.
And recognition doesn't just come from the chain of command, but from peers, customers, and other stakeholders.
We can do a good deed simply be recognizing the hardwork that people make on our behalf, for the customer, or the organization more broadly.
Taking people for granted is the easy way out.
But saying a genuine thank you and placing a card of recognition in the pocket of the posterboard or otherwise showing your appreciation with an award, a letter of gratitude, or telling people they "did good"--takes an extra effort, but one definitely worth it! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Recognition Inspires
