High Holy Days Journey with Amichai Lau-Lavie: 40 ways in 40 days to find your focus     G. and I meet at Barnes and Noble on the Santa Monica Promenade for a conversation that lasts for over three hours. Earlier in this prepent journey I took upon myself to make amends with friends where […]

High Holy Days Journey with Amichai Lau-Lavie: 40 ways in 40 days to find your focus       Isaac and I sit this morning in their backyard in LA and talk about his post Bar Mitzvah life.  He’s turning 14 this September. “Do I have to fast now that I am a man?” he […]

High Holy Days Journey with Amichai Lau-Lavie: 40 ways in 40 days to find your focus   MOMENT OF SILENCE   ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence in memory of those who lost their lives on this day, 9 days ago’.   We just boarded the plane, American Airlines, NY […]

High Holy Days Journey with Amichai Lau-Lavie: 40 ways in 40 days to find your focus   TEAR HERE   All day long the crying lingers, the tears held back. Why cry? Tired, raw, pleased, overwhelmed necessarily low after yesterday’s incredible high. On days like this, days after – but also days in between – […]

High Holy Days Journey with Amichai Lau-Lavie: 40 ways in 40 days to find your focus     HIGHLIGHT & DELETE   Early on the morning of the first day of a new year I rise to praise and thank and think and say hi to that magnificent red bird singing outside in the tree. […]