And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.
Menachem Mendel SchneersonRead
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.
Interpretation
Birthdays are a time to reflect on the unique energy and potential we possess, which is renewed each year.
This quote highlights the significance of birthdays as moments of renewal where the unique energy and blessings that were bestowed upon us at birth re-emerge. It suggests that each anniversary of our birth presents an opportunity to tap into that divine potential, allowing us to reflect on who we are and how we can continue to grow and fulfill our purpose in life.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a birthday toast.
And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.
This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.
But time is yet another of God's creations, and as such, it has a life of its own.
We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary.
I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.
My shoes are clean from walking in the rain.
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
Ah, but in time the heat of noontide passes, and to it there succeed nightfall and dusk, with a return to the quiet fold where for the weary an the heavy-laden there waits sleep, sweet sleep.
Old people whimper, and cry, and belch, and make great hollow rumbling sounds at table; old people wake up in the middle of the night screaming, and find out they haven't even been asleep; and when old people are asleep, they try to wake up, and they can't... not for the longest time.
It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn and do and think that there isn't time for big words.
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