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A Moment in Time: “Achieving ‘Yes! I Did It!’”

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Rabbi Zach Shapiro

December 2, 2022
Dear all,

I was recently at an event hosted by Sinai Akiba, a local Jewish Day school.  In one of the classrooms hung this illustration created by Rebecca Richards, their art teacher.  I was moved by the drawing – and I could not stop thinking about it.

Accomplishing a goal can often seem impossible.

How do we even begin?

So we remember – we take each step as a moment in time.  If we find ourselves at the bottom, perhaps, just perhaps, we can start with an incremental shift. That first baby step may be the most difficult.  But once we begin, the motivation increases, and the goal becomes more attainable.

Before we know it, we will achieve “Yes! I did it”!

(Of course, we then may discover the next challenge. But that is life!)

With love and Shalom,

 

Rabbi Zach Shapiro
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