G-d is the source of everything, and the greatest opportunity for human beings is to connect to the source and fulfill G-d's commandments to make the mundane into the holy and the worldly into the heavenly. Just as G-d is the creator, He created humans so that we have the ability to reach out to the source and perfect ourselves in His image. This is the ultimate good that G-d gives to humanity: the capacity to connect with and be close to the creator through our own choices and actions.
June 1, 2024
Don't Be So Humble; You're Not That Great
G-d is the source of everything, and the greatest opportunity for human beings is to connect to the source and fulfill G-d's commandments to make the mundane into the holy and the worldly into the heavenly. Just as G-d is the creator, He created humans so that we have the ability to reach out to the source and perfect ourselves in His image. This is the ultimate good that G-d gives to humanity: the capacity to connect with and be close to the creator through our own choices and actions.
January 21, 2024
L'Chaim for Body and Soul
(AI generated image from Craiyon)
L'Chaim for Body and Soul
December 3, 2023
It’s All in Your Perspective
(Source Photo: https://pixabay.com/photos/wormhole-time-travel-portal-vortex-2514312/)
It’s All in Your Perspective
November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving Mindfulness
May 28, 2023
Lessons in Peace, Inclusion, and Humanity
Lessons in Peace, Inclusion, and Humanity
February 12, 2023
The Worst Curse
(Credit Photo: Kindel Media via https://www.pexels.com/photo/an-elderly-man-behind-the-glass-window-8172602/)
The Worst Curse
October 3, 2022
May 21, 2022
Measuring Success Like G-d
Never more than today are we living lives of total excess. This week, we saw a Mercedes-Benz 1995 car sell for a record-breaking $142 million. Last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authorities seized a Russian oligarch’s $793 million mega yacht. And this last year, Morgan Stanley predicted that Elon Musk may eventually become the world’s first trillionaire.In a world where marketing, sales, advertising, branding, and the media all seek to convince us that life is essentially about “things,” self-satisfaction, the next high, and happiness, we can easily forget how transient and valueless all that really is. Inside each of us though there is a deeper, true voice that seeks a life of real meaning, purpose and immortality, where faith, compassion, giving, and self-sacrifice is the true measure of our character and the ultimate gauge of life success.
Measuring Success Like G-d
April 24, 2022
Food Child Abuse
Food Child Abuse
October 25, 2021
Looking Up
Feel the connection between earth and heaven.
Hi G-d! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Looking Up
October 21, 2021
Buddha Planter
Beautiful purple flowers coming right from Buddha's head.
Serene in so many ways! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Buddha Planter
September 7, 2021
Deep In Meditation
Mindfulness, centered, focused, clarity, connected.
Also, some nice relaxing meditation music here:
(Credit Photo: Youtube)
Deep In Meditation
August 13, 2021
Shabbat Shalom Flower Painting
So glad for Shabbat tonight.
Rest, relax, refresh, rejuvenate - soul, mind, and body.
It's what we work all week long for! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Shabbat Shalom Flower Painting
July 12, 2021
Rocks in River
Rocks in River
June 22, 2021
Bicycle and Flowers
Either way a beautiful display!
G-d has made such an amazing world for us.
And all our senses get to enjoy it.
If you let yourself stop and experience it, your heart and soul can be uplifted with the joy of it all! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Bicycle and Flowers
June 4, 2021
It's Nice To Wish Shabbat Shalom!
May 18, 2021
The Mind's Eye
The mind's eye can see what the real eye's don't.
The Mind's Eye
March 27, 2021
Staying Centered
I tried something new in the pool to tread water using the minimum energy.
At first, my body resisted and I started to flail with my arms and legs.
But then, I centered my mind and started to control my breathing.
My deep focused breaths raised my body above the water almost by itself.
My arms and legs relaxed and just was there for support.
It felt so good to be in a better state of self-control and mindfulness.
Always need to try and keep the mind still, centered, and in control of the body.
Focus, focus, focus! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Staying Centered
March 18, 2021
Appreciate Who You Have In Your Life
Thought this was a brilliant depiction of appreciating the invaluable people in our lives.
You don't know what you have until you don't have it anymore.
Often, people become lazy in their relationships or they stop appreciating what/who they have--we end up taking them for granted, not paying them our loving attention or worse mistreating them.
But one day, those people won't necessarily be there for us anymore.
That's when our eyes are opened to what we've done, but then it's too late to go back and undo the mistakes we made.
One good friend told me that marriage is not like Hollywood; it's not all loving all the time:
"There are good days and bad, but it's better to have 5 even really bad days a month with your partner than 30 bad days a month by yourself, alone."
Don't wait until it's too late to love and care for your spouse, children, grandchildren, etc.
Eventually, the clock runs out and regret won't bring anyone back.
(Source Photo: Millionaire Tutor via Facebook)
Appreciate Who You Have In Your Life
January 22, 2021
Let Go of the Ego and Follow G-d
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, "Let Go of the Ego and Follow G-d."As we know, Pharaoh refused to let the Jews go from Egypt, whether because G-d hardened his heart for some of the plagues or he just couldn’t bear to see his Jewish slaves free through the final knock-out rounds. Through ten plagues that destroyed Egypt and much of their people, including their first born males in the tenth plague, Pharaoh is intransigent and suffers the terrible consequences....Aside from Pharaoh, perhaps the second most stubborn individual in the Torah is Bilam, who was asked by Balak, the king of Moav, to curse the Jews....even though each and every time, G-d instead blessed them.
The lesson is clear: it is best to try to see what direction G-d is leading us forward in and to follow Him all the way, not only because that is the path of least resistance, but because that is what we are meant to do and where we are meant to go in our lives.
(Credit Photo: Minna Meles)
Let Go of the Ego and Follow G-d