Grandpa Manny simply couldn't stand still and wait at any corner. Instead, if he was going in one particular direction and the light turned red he would simply follow the green light the other direction to another adventure. I always saw him as a great dispenser of wisdom. Now I am sure that the fact that he retired from the retail clothing business at a young age and spent the rest of his life managing his investments primarily in the stock market had something to do with the cultivation of this particular life philosophy. Even so, both of these moral aphorism have come in handy more times than I can count throughout my life.
Life is filled with people who talk a lot and do very little.
I act as if my actions can really make a difference in bringing my goals closer to fruition and making my dreams come true. And every time I act on my dreams, miraculous things really do begin to happen in my life. Yet, Moses is successful as the lawgiver and greatest liberator of all Jewish history precisely because he had the courage to have his fears and act anyway. Steven Carr Reuben is senior rabbi of Kehillat Israel, the Reconstructionist congregation of Pacific Palisades. Virtual Jerusalem Site Terms, Conditions of Use and Warranties.