“What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.”

Unknown

"And the waters became exceedingly powerful upon the earth, and all the lofty mountains that were under the heavens were covered up." Genisis 7:19 Okay, so it hasn't been 40 days an 40 nights of rain, but it has been fairly intense. Yesterday, my day begin with water cascading into our bedroom from a roof leak. I wish I could say that was the low point of the day, however, you can probably guess that wasn't so. Weekend grooming cancellations starting coming one after another. A half a dozen or more before 10 a.m. Retail foot traffic just didn't exist. By 1 o'clock the northbound lane of the road in front of our store was closed due to flooding. By 2, both lanes were flooded. At around 3, the waters made there way over the curbs and up to the sidewalks. At first, the road directly in front of our store was closed. The the barricades were moved a few hundred feet in either direction. Then the perimeter was sealed of over a quarter of a mile further. Our last dog left at 5. His owner had to leave his car up the road and carry his dog back down the street. It was at that point we decided it was time to make our escape, praying that we hadn't waited to long. Driving Becca's flex EV through what was now a lake at the end of our lot was an uncertainty. We made it out, but not by much. Sitting at the traffic light a mile up the road, Becca said "well, now we have time to build the Sukkah!" Which we did when we got home. In a blink of an eye, we had the sukkah up and shortly there after we made our way into it to make Kiddush and Motzi (traditional Friday night prayers). Shabbat dinner was inside, however the day ended on a truly high note. A welcome rainbow at the end of the storm! Shabbat Shalom  "So long as the earth exists, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." GenesisChapter 8:22

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Winston Churchill

Day 2...and I'll be brief today.

First I want to acknowledge all who reached out after Day 1. It was heartwarming to hear from old friends once again. Just knowing that you are well was so uplifting.

I have to say, this challenge will be significantly different than the one I faced 10 years ago.

One day at a a time!

One foot in front of the other.

Shabbat Shalom all!

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One of the tools I learned to use in coaching is to recreate the circumstances of a time when we experienced great success. For me that time of great success was way back in 2013 when I began what turned out to be one incredible journey. The first step of that journey was writing. I committed to writing for 100 days as a way to hold myself accountable as well as to monitor my achievements and in turn garner some support which I knew I would need. I find myself in a similar situation today, some 10 years later. Once again, I find myself needing to make a dramatic change in my life, every bit as challenging as the road I embarked down a decade ago. This time, the commitment I have made to myself is for a longer time period, 50 days longer than the original 100 days I had set as my goal way back then. Coincidentally, while sitting in shul on Yom Kippur, my mind wandered back to a time when I would write daily. As I sat mindfully thinking about the holiday and its meaning to me, I felt a sadness around the fact that I no longer write. I can not begin to share with you just how much I enjoyed sharing my thoughts with you. It helped in so many unimaginable ways. Just being able to put my words out to the Universe, made each day a victory. So here I am again, starting out down another long and arduous path. 150 days. That seems like an eternity. Today is Day 1. "The Journey of a thousand miles always begins with a single step!

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