Dear all,
Last Sunday, Craig and I rode 62 miles in the Jewish Federation's “Tour De Summer Camps” – raising funds to send our kids to Jewish summer camps. (Doug rode as well, but on a different track!)
Each mile tested my strength, and by mile 42, with 20 grueling miles to go, I questioned my sanity.
I then remembered a teaching by my theology professor in Rabbinical School: “Life by the Yard is Hard. Life by the Inch is a Cinch.”
And so I thought. “In ten miles, I'll only have ten miles to go.” Every couple of miles, I recalculated the math. And lo and behold, little by little, we made it to the finish!
Yeah, it was really hard. But a moment in time to re-evaluate the task enabled me to recalibrate my mindset.
Moreover – the time spent with a good friend made the distance all the more worthwhile!
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro