Your piece of Enoughness was amazing. I was all over it - yet working my way out of it. Appreciate the helpful reminder about why we do what we do. Thank you for sharing.
I love the title enoughness. What you write is so sadly true , it almost takes one’s breath away. It takes a lot of courage and willpower for parents to bring up children in a wanting more world -You express it so well !!!!
Amen! Comprehensive and so true! Thank you Alan and thank you for your important, helpful and compelling book, The Shabbat Effect: Jewish Wisdom for Growth, and Transformation.
There’s such rich irony here as we consider what’s enough going into the High Holidays. “More” seems to be both a mantra and a prayer to many of us - on six days of the week and, for some, even on Shabbat. And yet, when we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, though we resolve to do better, to be better, to do more, to be more - we also ask God to accept us and protect us as we are, despite our faults and flaws. We ask that God sees us and our efforts as “enough”. We ask God to love us in our “enough-ness” when many of us have great difficulty accepting the “enough-ness” of anything or anyone.
Alan,
Your piece of Enoughness was amazing. I was all over it - yet working my way out of it. Appreciate the helpful reminder about why we do what we do. Thank you for sharing.
Alan,
Your words on “enoughness” brought me a smile. Our gift of Shabbat is an affirmation to confirm our cultural bounty
I love the title enoughness. What you write is so sadly true , it almost takes one’s breath away. It takes a lot of courage and willpower for parents to bring up children in a wanting more world -You express it so well !!!!
amen, amen
Amen! Comprehensive and so true! Thank you Alan and thank you for your important, helpful and compelling book, The Shabbat Effect: Jewish Wisdom for Growth, and Transformation.
There’s such rich irony here as we consider what’s enough going into the High Holidays. “More” seems to be both a mantra and a prayer to many of us - on six days of the week and, for some, even on Shabbat. And yet, when we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, though we resolve to do better, to be better, to do more, to be more - we also ask God to accept us and protect us as we are, despite our faults and flaws. We ask that God sees us and our efforts as “enough”. We ask God to love us in our “enough-ness” when many of us have great difficulty accepting the “enough-ness” of anything or anyone.
Amen. Shana tova!
And shanah tovah to you as well!
What a good reminder! I am going to keep your words in mind as we approach next Shabbat!
Bonnie Pastor
And … any report from the field?