As I said there: finding the dynamic balance at each moment of life is a life's work and imho it's this attempt that we will be graded on - the rest is commentary (but very important commentary)
helping set our childrens' gyroscope for this existentially lonely journey is the main task of a parent(imho)
having said that, the analogy of the narrow bridge works for me in that our torah destiny means our world is much narrower in its range of permitted choices and that we understand the eternal value of the choices we make, yet we strive to be not "afraid" because (thank you R'ybs) we know we are lfnei hashem and thus in a state of simcha (i.e. we are strapped into a roller coaster not careening down a hillside)
I think the final paragraph is super important.
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ReplyDeleteAs I said there:
ReplyDeletefinding the dynamic balance at each moment of life is a life's work and imho it's this attempt that we will be graded on - the rest is commentary (but very important commentary)
helping set our childrens' gyroscope for this existentially lonely journey is the main task of a parent(imho)
having said that, the analogy of the narrow bridge works for me in that our torah destiny means our world is much narrower in its range of permitted choices and that we understand the eternal value of the choices we make, yet we strive to be not "afraid" because (thank you R'ybs) we know we are lfnei hashem and thus in a state of simcha (i.e. we are strapped into a roller coaster not careening down a hillside)
KT
Joel Rich