Tonight is my birthday.
A birthday is a time of reflection and cheshbon hanefesh. Rare is the person who changes opinions or behaviors later in life but a birthday is a great time to ask yourself if you are on the right path and what requires improvement, tweaking, change, enhancement, more focus, less focus etc. Or it is a time to eat cake and receive presents. Since I don't eat cake nor do I receive presents [I instructed my wife not to buy me anything - what can be a better present than being alive for another year and having a wife, children, grandchildren, parents and a guzzillion other brachos EVERY SECOND], I am going to try bl"n to do the former.
I am considering *growing up* but at 52 I am not sure I am ready. Since it won't hurt me in shidduchim either way, I have little incentive 馃槉馃槉馃槉. 讻讬 谞注专 讬砖专讗诇 讜讗讜讛讘讛讜 - Hashem loves Klal Yisrael when we remain young and vibrant like a 谞注专 and not old and sleepy. We should be childlike but not childish. We should have the enthusiasm and excitement of a young person with the wisdom and maturity of an older person. [The periods of youth and adulthood is an important topic beyond the scope of this post].
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the 专讘讜谞讜 砖诇 注讜诇诐 for his endless brachos
讜讗讬诇讜 驻讬谞讜 诪诇讗 砖讬专讛 讻讬诐
讜诇砖讜谞谞讜 专讬谞讛 讻讛诪讜谉 讙诇讬讜
讜砖驻转讜转讬谞讜 砖讘讞 讻诪专讞讘讬 专拽讬注
讜注讬谞讬谞讜 诪讗讬专讜转 讻砖诪砖 讜讻讬专讞
讜讬讚讬谞讜 驻专讜砖讜转 讻谞砖专讬 砖诪讬讬诐
讜专讙诇讬谞讜 拽诇讜转 讻讗讬讬诇讜转
讗讬谉 讗谞讞谞讜 诪住驻讬拽讬诐 诇讛讜讚讜转 诇驻谞讬讱
讛' 讗诇讜拽讬谞讜 讜讗诇讜拽讬 讗讘讜转讬谞讜
讜诇讘专讱 讗转 砖诪讱 诪诇讻谞讜
注诇 讗讞转 诪讗诇祝 讗诇驻讬 讗诇驻讬诐
讜专讬讘讬 专讘讘讜转 驻注诪讬诐 讛讟讜讘讜转
谞讬住讬诐 讜谞驻诇讗讜转 砖注砖讬转 注诐 讗讘讜转讬谞讜 讜注诪谞讜.
I would also like to thank my beloved friends, readers of the blog and listeners of the shiurim, for enhancing my life in more ways that you know.
With much love and brachos to all for 讗专讬讻讜转 讬诪讬诐 讜砖谞讬诐 and 讗讱 讟讜讘 讜讞住讚 讻诇 讬诪讬 讞讬讬讻诐,
Me 馃槉馃槉馃槝馃槃馃槃
