Photo courtesy of Rabbi Zach Shapiro. Dear all,
My father used to travel around the world when he was growing his business. I once asked, “How do you get along in countries where you don’t speak the language?”
He responded, “Pointing and smiling can do wonders.”
I thought of his wisdom the other day while sitting by the window with my twins. A woman looked up at us from the street below and raised two fingers (as if to ask, “Twins?”)
I smiled with a thumbs up.
She then pointed to herself and raised two fingers in the air.
She smiled broadly and walked on.
Was she saying, “I, too, am a twin”? Or, “I, too, have twins”?
Unclear. But what is clear is that I made this awesome connection with a stranger. And those connections are so very important in these crazy times.
So go out there!
Smile.
Point.
Communicate.
And create a moment in time that will connect our physically distant world.
L’shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
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