M"ShK 


6:29 PM - Shabbos was nice.  I'm not feeling as well rested as I'd like.  Still. thank G-d for all the good in my life.


Finishing Holy Beggars, savoring it.  Amazing book.


7:05 PM - Emailed back and forth about a memorial relating to a sudden, tragic passing,  (In some sense, death is always tragic and sudden - yet, not all sudden-ness is created equal.) Spoke to dad. Shabbos has ebbed away...

7:19 PM - 

Maybe give G-d strength

Instead of always asking

You gain by giving

7:22 PM - The rabbi, this morning, spoke about the importance of reaching out to other people, even in seemingly small ways, like saying hello and goodbye.  He opened with the history of the word goodbye:

good·bye - 1565–75 - Origin:   contraction of God be with ye

8:17 PM - Chilling. Have some friends over.  Eating cholent and kishke. I'm worried about this endless cold, feeling discomfort in chest, not feeling rested.  May G-d bless you and me and all of us.

8:49 PM - Where does time go and how can you hold it to make it melt more slowly?

10:55 PM - Watched a movie, drank some tea.  Am feeling a bit more at ease about my health.   A kind friend will be going out of his way to drive me tomorrow to the memorial.

11:59 plus - Reminds me of how when I was a kid my mom told me that she was 21 plus. 

I hope to go to sleep soon.  

I was once sitting with a friend at the outside seating of a Starbucks.  It was summer, I think - yet it was windy.  A frail old woman was having a hard time keeping things pinned down.  Everything she owned including herself seemed to run the risk of being swept away.  I lent her a hand.  And as she thanked me she gave me advise, "Watch your health.  It goes."

I remember when I was a teenager actually asking myself the question - can it really matter if you take care of yourself or not - because I felt so fine.  Sigh.  I still feel pretty healthy, thank G-d.  And yet I've learned that our bodies age and caring for the body is important.

Soon sleep, please G-d.