Daily Life
Why I Choose To Focus On The Small Things In Life
In a time of dauntingly big changes, I find peace in the small beginnings.
Rabbi Min Kantrowitz is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow, teaches about CryptoJews and Conversos of New Mexico for Road Scholar/Elderhostel and has private students. She directed the New Mexico Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program for 12 years, serving unaffiliated Jews throughout the state. A 2004 graduate of the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, she is the author of ?Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide?. Rabbi Kantrowitz is a former psychologist, a former architect/planner, a wife, mother and the proud Bubbie of three grandsons.
In a time of dauntingly big changes, I find peace in the small beginnings.
No matter what the situation, we can always change our perspective.
Specific things you can do to hold onto the memories you want to keep... and let go of the ones you don't.
Some tips to help re-center you when life becomes too fast-paced.
Our unique personalities dictate that we each seek and find wisdom in our own ways.
In a time when it's become easier and easier to feel isolated, we need to invest in our friendships more than ever.
People may look down on it, but in my mind, it's part of a larger effort to do the right thing.
How the month Jewish month of Elul has allowed me to reevaluate my to-do lists, and why spirituality matters for our practical lives in general.
It's easy to see everything wrong with the world. But what do we do with that vision, and how do we use it to make a better world?
They wrapped us up and passed us swiftly into strangers' arms, / whispered kisses on our cheeks, / and we cried out, in frightened silence.