Dear all,
Sometimes the little things that bug us take on a life bigger than reality. And so we need to keep our world in perspective.
Was traffic a nightmare? Or was it a minor inconvenience?
Was the five hour flight delay a horror story? Or are you alive to tell it to others?
Was the coffee the barista prepared awful? Or are you fortunate to just be able to to buy a drink?
Yes – these all get under our skin. And many of us do, indeed, face difficult realities that ARE much larger. But if we take a moment in time to realize that we are even able to take a moment in time, we can shrink the little things that often bug us back down to size.
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro