Nina Amir's Thoughts on Human Potential, Personal Growth and Practical Spirituality
Last week after I finished preparing for and giving a talk on moving through fear, I realized that once again I had done so just during the time when the Jews all around the world were preparing to read the portion in the Old Testament, or Torah, called Beshalach. Last year I gave this same [...]
We’ve had a new president for five days. Has anything really changed? Many of us felt more hopeful watching the inauguration, but what about now? Has that hope lingered? It’s hard to keep hope alive. It’s hard to stay positive, especially when nothing seems to change – or at least not to change quickly or [...]
In line with yesterday’s post, and inspired by two poets’ poems on the subject of yesterday’s voting, Rachel Barenblatt and James Stone Goodman, here’s my poem about yesterday’s election results. The new president comes like rain after a long drought. The land soaks up the needed nourishment. The people heave a sigh of relief; Maybe [...]
The rains came this weekend, washing clean the dust of the summer, the soot from the wildfires and any remaining fear of new fires being kindled. In Northern California, the rainy season starts almost like clockwork on or around Halloween. I find that so amazing…almost miraculous. In the almost seven years I’ve lived [...]
We are told that on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, “it is written” and on Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance, “it is sealed.” What is “it”? Our fate for the next year. With Erev Yom Kippur, the beginning of this awe inspiring day, almost upon us, it is important to think about who [...]
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is almost upon us. Depending upon where you live, it might be less than 24 hours before you find yourself sitting in a synagogue somewhere thinking about the last year, the new year, what you need to repent for, who you need to go to and ask for forgiveness, and what [...]
Sorry for the long delay in posting. My website has been under construction, and we’ve had some trouble not only moving this blog but also converting it and all the old posts to WordPress. We should be up and running on a regular basis again soon. While my web master and I have been struggling [...]
I’ve been living in a few narrow places. That’s what the Hebrew word for Egypt, Mitzrayyim, means. Narrow Place. When Passover comes along we have to look at where in our lives we’ve struggled with our own narrow places. I don’t have to look far this year to see mine. My husband has been without [...]
Ever wonder about co-creation? I don’t mean the type of co-creation we do with God. I mean the kind we do with the people in our lives. I’ve been wondering about it a lot lately. My husband is going through a rough patch. He’s between jobs and doing consulting here and there. It’s a stressful [...]
I haven’t posted a bog in ages. Actually, I posted many a blog in November, just not in this blog. (Check out writenonficinnov.blogspot.com.) I was blogged out after that and couldn’t bring myself to blog in December. Now I’m not so blogged out, and I’m ready to blog again. Much has happened. My husband lost [...]
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