To
My Dear Students,
It
was reported recently that a man purchased a ticket
in Milan in the hopes of winning Europe's highest
paying lottery. When the winning ticket
was publicized, the man was too preoccupied with
the minutiae of the day to listen to the announcement.
Some time later, when he realized he had purchased
the winning number, the deadline for claiming
the jackpot had passed. He had forfeited
a 66 million Euro prize.
The
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was his for the
taking. It was reserved just for him, but
he allowed it to pass him by.
Everything
sent our way is reserved just for us. It
is our choice whether to recognize and grasp the
opportunity that is uniquely ours or to allow
it to slip through our fingers. It is our
choice whether to respond in a timely fashion
or to delay until the moment has irretrieveably
passed. It is our choice whether to allow
minor distractions to divert us from what is important
or to focus on the big picture.
When
NASA places a shuttle on a launch pad at the Kennedy
Space Center, they have to launch during a "window
of opportunity."
Our
lives are filled with windows of opportunity;
those special moments when we are in a position
to grasp an opportunity or make a decision that
will impact our lives in a positive way.
Don't be too distracted to see them and be at
the ready to seize them!
Shabbat
Shalom,
Your
Rabbi
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