Two manicured hands; little Vera and aunt Janet.
Week 7-/Malchut (KINGDOM)-Day 3/Tiferet (COMPASSION)
"Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making the person standing at your side happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life."
-Thich Nhat Hanh-
My aunt Janet and her grand-daughter Vera went to for manicures before the wedding. My aunt is not the type to commonly do this but wanting to make her daughter the bride's day perfect she went. As I looked at these two sets of hands sitting on the breakfast table, one young and at the beginning of her journey and the another much older and reaching into the ending I couldn't help but feel compassion for both. We often have no idea where we are going (the young hands) and when we get to a point where we can now give advice (older hands) realize some lessons must learned by the person themselves.
After nightfall on Monday:
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM
ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE-MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
Today is forty-five days which is six weeks and three days of the Omer.
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