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When I was a bit younger (a whole bit more to be exact) I didn’t want to get the cooties where everyone treated you like a pariah as a mean type of game. Yet today people stay away from those that are “Oldies” and it really doesn’t have to deal with one’s age but their attitude.   They maybe twenty but when you speak to them you feel as if they belong in a senior citizens home. The funny thing is many in the actual senior citizen center are a lot younger then those with Oldies.   These are the individuals who constantly complain see the cup with only a few drops, never have plans for the future and appear in general waiting to die.  Oldies might come to us at some points in our life but let it be short lived or at least their  when the gate is waiting to be opened.

In a world where a moment is much shorter can we truly hold onto our traditional religious practices for the next generation? Just remember this  is a generation where they can  instantly find exactly what they want or think they do. Tradition is important because it gives us links to our past but unless we find a way to stimulate another generation it will be seen in a museum rather then an active Synagogue or Church. Please don’t get me wrong we should continue those traditions and try to pass on pieces to the next generation but let us also find a way  to be satisfied if they are nibbling on a slice rather then the whole pie. For at least they are eating something. Therefore leaders of faith(s) must look to the word of G-D and find nuggest that reach others in a way that they’ll keep reading even if it’s a less then a sentence at a time.

Everything was carefully planned for our journey except how to extend it past one lifetime. We were able to create food & water in the emptiness that was there but we couldn’t create life. It was an incredible plan built of the greatest minds to have us escape earth’s atmosphere as it all came crashing down but even those minds left out a real new beginning.   Building’s could stand erect and robots could perform but that didn’t mean we could.   For some things that work on earth don’t perform well in 0 gravity and no blue pill could correct it.  It is a lonely path I leave as the the last in space.

This song caught me from the first note. It has a punky feel that leaves you back in time feeling great today.   With a music video that has the production value of a home video that leaves you listening more to the music then what is on the screen.

This song is beautiful but the video has much more it should offer the viewer. Sometimes it pays just to listen.

We have survived the threat of nuclear war and global terrorism but can we survive fragility?  Where we become so divivided and hurt over words used that we suddenly are afraid to talk. Maybe we hold back on some important truths because they appear in some venom of the past or are too harsh in today’s political climate. It’s time we reverse this trend and grow a few b***s so that we can end this division and see the beauty in the many stripes and stars that make this country so diverse and beautiful.

On Saturday December 8th 10AM- You’re invited to see the real me and enjoy some delicious food afterwards as I present my annual D’var Torah at Congregation Shaarey Israel at 18 Montebello Road, Montebello,NY.  My D’var Torah will hopefully bring new insights and inspiration on the bibilical story of Joseph.   Yes, I know it’s early for some on the weekend but my words of wisdom or at least the bagel spread will be worth it. Hope to see you there.