To
My Dear Students,
At
the beginning of this new secular year, I would
recommend that you make a resolution in the form
of a question. A passenger who was on board
the plane that landed safely in the Hudson River
was asked his response to the traumatic incident.
He said that as the aircraft seemed about to plunge
into the water he asked himself a question:
"Am I the man I wanted to be?"
For
each of us the answer should be "no,"
since there is always room for improvement in
building character and deepening relationships.
May our resolution for the coming year be to keep
that passenger's question ever before us.
Are we the person we wanted to be? What
can we do, and what can we stop doing, to bring
us nearer to that ideal self?
If
this question is important enough to ask before
death, it is important enough to ask throughout
life.
Shabbat
Shalom,
Your
Rabbi
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