January 2019

The speaker stood at the podium and announced:
    “Ladies and gentlemen, a great miracle has just occurred!”

Members of the startled audience would immediately cease talking, lean forward wondering, what miracle could have happened? What miracle did they miss? He would then continue,
    “Ladies and gentlemen, a great miracle has just taken place...the sun has gone down.”

Now they would look at him strangely, some taken aback, incredulous, other might snicker at the strange man with the long beard and prophetic manner. Then he began to speak, and as he spoke, you began to feel deeply embarrassed that the sun had gone down, and you didn’t stop to notice. What part of us has been surrendered when the sunset no longer inspires?

Tu B'shevat is the birthday of the trees. This past week classes learned about the holiday and planted their own trees. Below is an article to give you some ideas of how you can continue the discussion and celebration at home.

Everybody makes mistakes and at times we wish there could be a reset button. The article below is a wonderful example of how a professional athlete can teach us how to move past a mistake.