A Moment in Time: Life by the Yard is Hard. Life by the Inch is a Cinch.

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