Comments on: Rest and Reflection http://natalieshell.com/2006/09/22/rest-and-reflection/ small bites to think talk & walk Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:40:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Natalie Shell http://natalieshell.com/2006/09/22/rest-and-reflection/#comment-1936 Natalie Shell Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:50:30 +0000 http://natalieshell.com/2006/09/22/rest-and-reflection/#comment-1936 There is a story told of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev who was once looking out over the town square. Everywhere he saw people rushing. He called out to one man, “What are you rushing for?” The man replied, “I’m running to make a living.” Levi Yitzhak said, “What makes you so sure that your livelihood is in front of you so that you have to rush to catch up with it? What if it’s behind you? Maybe you should stop and let it catch up with you.” Many people I know feel endlessly pressured, trying to juggle study and work, ambition and recreation. Often the harder we work, the harder we feel the need to work. When do we stop to let our blessings catch up to us? What if our great future is already here and we just need to slow down/stop and reflect to let it catch up to us? Happiness needs tranquillity. As Rabbi Levi Yitzhak said, it is there right behind us, waiting for us to rest so that it can catch up with us. via Rabbi Levi Wolf www.centralsynagogue.com.au There is a story told of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev who was once looking out over the town square. Everywhere he saw people rushing. He called out to one man, “What are you rushing for?”

The man replied, “I’m running to make a living.” Levi Yitzhak said, “What makes you so sure that your livelihood is in front of you so that you have to rush to catch up with it? What if it’s behind you? Maybe you should stop and let it catch up with you.”

Many people I know feel endlessly pressured, trying to juggle study and work, ambition and recreation. Often the harder we work, the harder we feel the need to work. When do we stop to let our blessings catch up to us?

What if our great future is already here and we just need to slow down/stop and reflect to let it catch up to us?

Happiness needs tranquillity. As Rabbi Levi Yitzhak said, it is there right behind us, waiting for us to rest so that it can catch up with us.

via Rabbi Levi Wolf http://www.centralsynagogue.com.au

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