Guten Erev Shabbos

There was a stage in blogging, which I seemed done with, when I felt like blogging everyday. It's ironic, but i a way I was out to lease the naysaying knockers of blogging, who were often the first to ask, "Do you post every day?"

I also felt a particular inclination to blog as Shabbos approached. Lately I've been skipping day, even erev Shabbos. But now I feel like saying hi, as Shabbos drifts in.

I've been told by several people about the rule of three. That would be that if you hear something three times about someone, it's worth looking into. According to that it's time for me to look into someone I know and his o her plans to move to Israel.

I have been with cold, hard to shake. For the longest time I thought taking naps a bad thing, that's just what I thought. But I'm learning to do what a friend's occupational therapist wife calls respecting your pain. So today I took the unusual erev Shabbos nap between work and greeting the Shabbat Queen. And it was good.

The cold is up and down. Did you ever want to just wish a cold away, but find you can't do it as quickly as you'd like? Anyway, here I am, anxious for Shabbos to arrive. My rest will take on a new, hopefully holy flavor.

I don't recall if I ever posted one of my favorite anecdotes: A man gets to ask G-d any question. So he asks, "G-d, what's a million years to you?" And G-d says, "A million ears to me is a second" And then the man asks, "G-d, what's a million dollars to you?" And G-d says, "A million dollars to me is one penny." The man pauses and asks G-d, "Can you spare a penny?"

When I tell that, usually people laugh at the above line. But that's not the end. G-d replies to the man, saying, "Sure you can have a penny... In just one second." And the moral is that for us time and money sometimes feels like everything, but to G-d it's a figment created for people.
G-d is above time and money.

Shabbos is a time that we work on bridging the gap between us and G-d. May we be so blessed over the next 25 plus hours. Shabbat Shalom.