Stand Back and Watch

Yes it is important to plan, organize, have goals, dreams, ambitions, and go for it with all you got, and once you get there, focus on the next step, never give up, and keep going. What is missing in all of that is enjoying the journey, stepping back and smelling the flowers, appreciating your path, and self observing along the way. I am blessed to have a flexible schedule, things are constantly changing, and I love that. I love how my day morphs as I go along, and realizing that is what was supposed to happen at this moment. EXAMPLE: As we are getting ready for Passover, the best way for me to clean every nook and cranny is focus on one section at a time. Not even a room, but a table, dresser, or closet, otherwise it gets overwhelming, and I love piles, piles look messy, but once everything is in its place, then it is easy to sort where it goes. Yesterday there were three areas that had a lot of stuff on them, and I had a plan to clean all three that morning. It took me a while, the kids needed a million things as usual, there was breakfast, showers, getting ready for our fun birthday party of our friend yesterday, slowly but surely I got it done. So the areas were clean but the piles are all over the place, I am OK with that because this whole week is about eventually getting to everything, so other things will go in those piles, and by Friday I will know exactly how to distribute all of them, that is the plan anyway. I don't feel pressured by this plan, many people in the Jewish world are going nuts, this is serious deep cleaning my friends, I am also lucky that I am the organizing and my husband is the cleaning.

Then my kids had a blast at a friend's party, and once we got home there were a few errands and 2 classes that I had to teach that evening.  My big boy decided to ride his bike while I walked to run my errands close by, and I decided to take that opportunity to take a nice walk, let him ride, we went by the park, and he had a blast riding fast, and then waited for me at each light, and then took off again. We ran into my neighbor and she said it was so nice that my son and I were having quality time, and I thought, wow, yes we are, it wasn't conscious, it wasn't planned, but the moment was there so I went along for the ride.

Then I arrived at my first class, there was a misunderstand, we got the time mixed up, and I had a class right after in the valley, so instead we had some tea and had time to talk about some things that we were going to meet for tea and talk about.  Then at my second class, which we had to squeeze in before Passover, right after one of the ladies had a question about Shmura Matza, it is the handmade Matza, and the Rabbi basically gave us a private shiur, a class, all about why it is best to at least to the Seder with Shmura Matza, and there is a great video how they make it below.  It is not only handmade, but with the intention that it is only for Passover and special blessing is made.  Here is part of the fascinating story that made Matza so popular that machines were used to have enough for the demand of all kinds of people moving west in America, not only Jews, but everybody wanted this non perishable, easy traveling treat, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manischewitz.  Another fascinating fact is that Manischewitz was not his name given at birth, he was escaping from Czarist Russia, and used a passport of someone deceased, and once he came to the United States, he had to use his new name.

LOVE THE ROOTS OF THE STORY,

Passover is a whole world,
Sometimes the lines of good and bad are blurred.

We live differently for eight days,
Remembering when we were slaves.

Becoming a nation of codes and morals,
To shine a light, be a daily example and avoid quarrels.

How you like my rhyme?
Coach Yulia

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Posted by ‎חדשות כיכר השבת‎ on Tuesday, April 1, 2014