I have contemplated about what I should write about for quite some time now. I am still not quite sure where this keyboard will take me, but what I do know is that now is the time to start. Not tomorrow, not in an hour, but NOW.
Here is how I came to this point - I was sitting on the balcony at my local Chabad Synagog one high holiday this past year. I had not gone to a gathering like this for a very long time, and I started to realize what I was missing while I was gone. I suddenly felt that my intentions of change and traveling in the right direction were being re-routed into a clear path, drawn out right in front of me! The Rabbi started to talk about how time is not something we have an abundance of, time is an entity that needs to be appreciated and used in the wisest ways. What ever "wise" means to you, weather its taking your family out to breakfast, or something as simple as unloading the dishwasher when you have a free minute or two. What am I saying all of this for?
This past month, I met a lot of inspirational people, and interesting personalities. One couple I met truly took my heart at their elegant, yet simple wedding: a tastefully cooked meal (by the brides father!), a natural Huppah hand made by the bride and groom, but most importantly, a message that went in one ear, and stayed in my head, and will continue to flourish in my brain forever. Although already married, they decided to take a step back to their roots, and have an orthodox wedding as their relatives did in the past, but with a sense of gratefulness towards not being afraid of a Pogrom happening in the middle of the service, or police entering the house and taking the father for impersonating a non-jew just to protect his family. They stomped their feet down and realized that the time is NOW to never forget their past and act on keeping the traditions alive.
Mazeltov Marianna and Dmitry
