Sweep Two is the Worst Job EVER

So the blog's been kind of quiet the last few days, as we've been busy with loftier pursuits. And shopping. As everyone knows you cannot enter the High Holy Days without new clothes, shoes, socks, and hosiery. Then the week following needs more clothes. And more cooking. But mostly more clothes.

How sad when we drive around town in the days preceding the Holidays and people are frantic to have the right outfits for their kids. I hope they don't lose the forest for the trees. Cuz these trees are so secondary or even tertiary to the actual days. Yes, everyone needs nice clothing befitting the days, but the stress is just misplaced, because kids especially look adorable in most anything. I mean if you have no clothes, by all means go get some, but it shouldn't be the focus.

Neither should the cooking. Though it's a huge part of the days, it shouldn't be all encompassing.

So here's to a stress free Jewish Holiday season, and the fervent hope that we all focus on what's important, and that our prayers be answered for the good.

If there's one thing we've learned over these many years (and blog posts too apparently) is that every task before us seems incredibly daunting, but we need to remember that it's not undoable. We can be negative and see it as the end of the world, or we can just roll up our sleeves and get to work. Whatever will be, will be, but we can work hard on our end to make the effort needed to achieve the desired result. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but giving up before you start never gets you anywhere. Even if you don't give up, thinking and expecting the worse is a good way for that to come to pass, even if you do extend some effort. Protecting yourself by being negative to shield yourself from disappointment does nothing but sway you in that direction.

BE POSITIVE!!! WORK HARD!!! It'll make you happier.