The Message, Volume 45, Number 1, August 2009 Page: 1 of 16
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Shalom OVW
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with Rabbi David Rosen
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The Message
Vol. XLV, No. 1
Houston, TX August 2009/Av-Elul 5769
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Looking Ahead
■ Akiba begins Sun., Sep. 13
■ Celebrate Selihot beginning
Sat., Sep. 12
■ Family Alburn and B'nai
Mitzvah
■ 100 Jewish Men begins its
eighth great year
Family Guide to High Holy
Days at Beth Yeshurun
■ How to audition for one of
the High Holy Days choirs
■ First night Rosh Hashanah
Fri., Sep 18
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■ Cemetery memorial
services, Sun., Sep. 13
■ Information on child care
during the High Holy Days
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T^hey had been waiting all their lives to see Israel, and when
I they returned, they stopped me one Friday night to tell me
I about the trip. “Did you have a good time?” I asked. “Sure,”
they said, “but you’re not going to believe what that airline did to us. Our luggage
got left behind twice - both when we arrived in Israel and when we came back
to Houston! Are we unlucky or what?” “But did you have a great time in Israel,” I
asked. “0 sure,” they replied, “but can you believe about our luggage!”
I suspect most of us have had experiences where we have allowed the
annoying but inconsequential to diminish what should otherwise be a joyous and
grand experience:
• We go to see a fabulous play downtown - and spend the next day not praising
the performance but complaining to everyone about how we got ripped off
by the underground garage.
• We go out with friends to a great restaurant - and spend the next day not
praising the great food but complaining about the less-than-perfect service.
• We spend a lovely weekend at a special vacation site - and tell everyone on
our return not how picturesque the destination was but complaining about
how small our room was for the money.
We’re human and, yes, we complain. That’s why I love this piece that was
recently shared with me by several congregants, which cautions us to put life’s
irritants into some kind of perspective.
I AM THANKFUL...
• For my husband who complains when his dinner is not on time, because he is
home with me, not with someone else.
• For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been
surrounded by friends.
• For the clothes that fit too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.
• For a lawn that needs mowing and gutters that need fixing, because it means
I have a home.
• For my huge electric bill, because it means I am in a cool home here in hot,
hot Houston.
• For the lady behind me in shul that sings off key, because it means that I can
hear.
• For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear.
• For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that
I am alive.
So the next time you get annoyed and irritated - and who doesn’t from time to
time - I hope you’ll think of these words and stay calm. And better, stay thankful.
Not for having lost your luggage on a trip to somewhere special, but for having the
opportunity to take a wonderful trip that otherwise went so well. Thankful not for
imperfect spouses and children, but for having people in our lives whom we love
and who love us. Thankful that, for all that could go wrong in our lives, so much
goes right.
■ High Holy Days procedures
and schedules
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