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Today, more than ever, we all need a bit more “patience”.  In a world where instant gratification is literally at your fingertips, we should take the time to think about how long it truly takes to win. Joseph foreshadowed that Rome wasn’t built overnight and held onto a dream that began many, many moons ago.   He faced so many setbacks along the way that they only made him stronger as he moved toward his promised path. From slavery to imprisonment to being forgotten, his mind was built for that age, not the one we live in today. It’s ironic that in a time when we are “generally” living longer, we expect results much faster than people in the past, who walked less than half the distance we do. They might have accomplished less bold visions than we see today, but I bet we don’t have time to look at the whole drawing. We think we are so advanced, yet patience appears to be slipping away.  I’m speaking about my mirror as well. Thank G-D, Shabbos was created to slow us down and patiently find a path of peace, happiness, and patience.

Today, more than ever, we all need a bit more “patience”.  In a world where instant gratification is literally at your fingertips, we should take the time to think about how long it truly takes to win.  Years go by before one truly graduates from anything, while wars are not won overnight.  Many a setback or loss leads to a greater opportunity we couldn’t see if we hadn’t patiently walked through it. It’s ironic that in a time when we are “generally” living longer, we expect results much faster than people in the past, who walked less than half the distance we do. They might have accomplished less but appreciated it a whole lot more.  Patience, something we can all use a bit more of in our lives, expectations, and even in a song.

FOOTNOTE: Guns N Roses’ song “Patience” is over five minutes long; do you have the patience to hear it till the end?

G-D, I’m sorry and will try to do better. With reflection, I know I understand I could have said, done, or been more.  Whether in my relationships, work, or faith observance.  As you know, I’m a work in progress, and Your willingness will allow me to keep the 9-to-5 and over time. Please forgive and do not hold the past transgressions against M-E and those of my loved ones, as I pray my sins are wiped from every slate.

FOOTNOTE-  If there are acts/words that I apologize for that don’t need it, please add them to those that are seeking but not discovering.

Rosh Hashanah is a tough holiday as I’m forced to stare at my own mirror which has gathered small cracks and smears from the previous year. Yes, G-D might have allowed many of my errors/mistakes to fade away but I pray the years before of trying and not fully getting there won’t be used against me today.  Does it add even if it appears to be wiped away or in other words does forgiveness lead to some forgetfulness with a higher authority?  G-D willing our slates are fully cleaned not only for today but the years that came before.  So to start I pray that Y-O-U personally will forgive M-E for the sins, errors and omissions whether inadvertent or more apparent.  May you wipe my slate clean as I ask the one above to do the same. May G-D bless all his children with a year of health, wisdom,  happiness, success, peace and extra slice of F-U-N in the upcoming year.

When did it occur?  Yesterday, my eyesight was perfect now I open with a blur. It wasn’t long ago that my skin appeared is smooth as a grape now prune lines are everywhere. When did “what did you say” become part of my everyday conversation? Getting older doesn’t happen overnight it’s actually so gradual that the calendar before is so difficult to find. Yet, with all the extra lines occurring it doesn’t really effect you as long as you’re willing to put on the shirt and don’t worry so much about ironing just about living instead.

I looked up 911 and it came up with a car ? How soon we forget but not for those who witnessed this day of horror and the powerful impact it left behind. For, me it appeared to be another day of work until I saw smoke coming from the distant sky over 30 miles away. I knew something was off and turned on a local radio station to find out the horror which just occurred. Immediately I went out of my way to donate whatever I could to the local firefighters who were running down to the rescue. It was also the first time I donated blood trying to do something, anything to help.

Through the chaos, death and destruction there was a certain resolve that brought people together that would never happen again in my lifetime. People would volunteer to be the traffic lights when they came down and help each other in ways that seem foreign today. It was truly the worst of times that brought the best of us out.  911 might be a car on “Googles Search” but to me it is a moment etched out and never to be forgotten.