082020 quotes

 

God is like a mirror.

The mirror never changes,

But everybody who looks at it

Sees something different.

- Harold S. Kushner

The purpose in life is not to win.

The purpose in life is to grow and to share.

"When you come to look back on all that you

Have done in life,

You will get more satisfaction from the

Pleasure you have brought into other people's

Lives than you will from the times that you

Outdid and defeated them.”

- Harold S. Kushner

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end war;

For we know that You have made the world in a way

That man must find his own path to peace Within

Himself and with his neighbor.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end starvation;

For you have already given us the resources With which to

Feed the entire world If we would only use them wisely.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, To root out prejudice,

For You have already given us eyes With which to

See the good in all men If we would only use them

Rightly.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end despair,

For You have already given us the power To clear away 

Slums and to give hope If we would only use our power justly.

We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end disease,

For you have already given us great minds with which To

Search out cures and healing, If we would only use them

Constructively.

Therefore we pray to You instead, O God, For strength,

Determination, and willpower, To do instead of just to pray,

To become instead of merely to wish.

Jack Riemer, Likrat Shabbat

- Harold S. Kushner