For many people, Valentine’s Day represents a lonely 24 hour period. Or it can be a sad day filled with grief over lost love . So what do you do if you aren’t in love on Valentine’s Day or if you don’t have anyone to spend it with? Or how do you make the holiday [...]
Changing Old Habits can Prove Difficult
January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012. The world was supposed to end, some said. (We knew better.) But things were supposed to change–the energy was supposed to change, at least. A whole week has gone by. We are being flooded now with the light of the first full moon of this pivotal year, which is supposed to affect our consciousness [...]
Why You Should Practice Surrender for the Rest of Your Life
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been trying to figure out what to write about as a Yom Kippur, Day of Repentance topic. This Jewish High Holy Day typically brings up issues of forgiveness. I didn’t really want to delve into that once again. Then I watched an Oprah Winfrey Master Class video about surrender, and I knew. That’s my [...]
Restoring Your Computer Programs for the High Holy Days
September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My computer crashed a week and a half ago. It required that I take it into the shop and have it checked out. There was nothing wrong with the hard drive. The technician said it passed the diagnostics test. The actual computer worked fine. It had a software problem. To solve the software problem the [...]
Are You Feeling Squeezed?
March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s almost Passover, and for me this always makes me feel squeezed. Actually, it just makes me more aware of the areas of my life that give me that sense of the walls closing in or getting tight. You don’t have to be Jewish to understand this even though Passover is a Jewish holiday. Passover [...]
Lessons Learned From a Groundhog
February 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
Today I spent a lot of time thinking about Groundhog day and what I might learn from a groundhog. After all, it was Groundhog Day, a weird holiday on which we wait for an animal to come out of its hole. We then determine if he saw his shadow or not, a fact that determines [...]
Setting Targets So We Hit a Bull's Eye This New Year
December 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
Most people don’t realize that through its choice of words, the Old Testament places emphasis on goal setting. In fact, it seems that God expects us to set targets for ourselves and at least to try to hit them. No matter our religious orientation – or lack thereof, we can all learn something from the [...]
An Exercise to Help Give Soulful Gifts
December 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
During the season of gift giving, it’s easy to get caught up in the commercialism of the holidays. However, you can make the season meaning-full and spirit-full by giving gifts that come from your heart as well as from your soul. Most people find it easy to give heart-centered gifts. By simply thinking about the [...]
Focus on Hope, Faith, Giving, and Miracles
December 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The winter holiday season offers us a wonderful time to focus on hope, faith and miracles. Chanukah revolves around the idea of miracles—a small band of Jews fought against a large army while trying to preserve their religious freedom and won. They had hope and faith and a miracle occurred. Plus, during the rededication of [...]
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