All that can be cherished from this world,
All that makes life worth living,
Is that which you have mined from its bowels through your own toil,
Fashioned from its clay by your own craft,
Fired in the kiln of your own heart.
That for which you bruised your hands and wearied your limbs,
For which you beat back the beast inside you,
For which you defied a mocking world.
Oh, how precious, how resplendent a feast,
a life forged by the hands of its own master!
Believers in G-d whether by election (chosen) or by faith (convinced by evidence) having earned or "stamped" with such an identity are demanded to stand out.
Thank you for your wonderful testimony standing out for your identity.
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EARNED LIVING This touches my heart and inspires me. This message suggests to me a deep appreciation and thankfulness to God for the tools we so need to manage our lives and then to celebrate our progress. Reply
Earning
B"H
I went a Job interview today. I talked with them and knew that it was not for me.
After 2 year blank due to hospitalization, for 8months, I have been looking for a job.
Thank you, Rabbi Freeman. Now I know and take it to my heart what is "Earned Living". With each and every step I climb up this steep challenge, I am forging my life. The trophy is not a job. This each and every step, itself is worthy to be cherished.
Your teaching has made me inspired to act more responsibly about my life.
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Everyday gold catcher
It is hard, if not an impossible mission for an honest man of the Jewish faith to wake up each morning and say: "G'd will show me where can I find gold today."
That is why it is important to have Jewish brothers and Jewish sisters. For only through the prayer can one find a daily peace - the spiritual "bread" that can feed the many ...
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Earned Living Beautifully written! Thanks Reply
Earned Living This Daily Dose message strikes a strange tone by suggesting that everything worthwhile in our lives is a result of of our own efforts and not through the blessings which flow from God. Reply
Earned living
My good Rabbi Tzvi,
your comments of late are sprinkled with sentimentality and emotion not captured.I like this part of you. You are a teacher with a heart and soul.
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I’ve toiled the earth day after day, trying to draw perfect lines of soil, row after row, so as to carefully plant my fragile little seeds, only to cover them up with just the right amount of dirt, then giving them a cool refreshing drink, nourishing them well, and now I can lazily sit back in my worn out rocking chair, eagerly watching and waiting for the first sight of a small green head to pop thru the earth, then I can be proud of a job well done, knowing that I’ve done something right, exactly what my forefathers taught me to do. Thank you, G d for giving me and my brothers this insight to use the gifts you’ve laid before us so we could learn how to provide for ourselves.