AUG. 19, 2018 ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE, THANK G.

SHALOM!
HERE WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF ELUL, APPROACHING ROSH HASHANA, THE NEW YEAR. WE HAVE OUR HOPES, OUR FEARS, OUR REALITY, AND YET.........ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE, WE ARE ALL PRAYING TO CONTINUE OUR TRAIN OF LIFE, DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND FEARS. HOPEFULLY, WE ARE AWARE TO 'SEIZE THE MOMENT' TODAY, NOW, TO FEEL GRATITUDE FOR TODAY, FOR NOW. THE PAST HAS GONE AND FUTURE NO ONE KNOWS, EVEN THE 'HEALTHY' ONES. BUT TODAY, WE CAN FEEL THANKFUL, HOPEFUL AND SOMEHOW TO SMILE ALONG THE WAY. NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD FIND OUR MOTHERS, OUR GRANDMOTHERS CRYING IN THE SYNAGOGUE, DURING HIGH HOLIDAY PRAYERS AND CERTAINLY ON YOM KIPPUR. INTERNALLY WE MAY BE CRYING AT TIMES, AND EVEN EXTERNALLY. AS WE DON'T KNOW OUR FUTURE. BUT WILL IT HELP TO DWELL DAY AND NIGHT ON THE NEGATIVE? NO, CAN WE FOCUS OURSELVES, WITH DETERMINATION TO LIVE TODAY AS BEST WE CAN, EVEN IF WE STUMBLE WITH FEARS.
I WISH ALL OF US THE CAPABILITY TO ADAPT TO WHERE WE ARE, AND TO GRAB EACH SECOND, EACH MOMENT OF GOOD TIMES THAT WE CAN CREATE FOR OURSELVES-WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO WATCH TV, OR READ, OR SURROUND OURSELVES WITH FRIENDS OR GRANDCHILDREN, OR TO JUST BE, AND SMELL THE FLOWERS,  AND NATURE IN ITS BLOOM.
SHANA TOVA, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY READERS. WITH WISHES TO YOU FOR COURAGE AND HOPE! UNTIL NEXT MONTH, G. WILLING.