JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JUNIOR: When one of your loved ones goes out of your life, you think what he might have done with a few more years, and you wonder what you are going to do with the rest of yours. Then one day, because there is a world to be lived in, you find yourself part of it, trying to accomplish something—something he did not have time enough to do. And perhaps that is the reason for it all.
Let me tell you how "bad a Jew" I truly am. Every Shabbat morning, I sleep in late. Then I make Decaffeinated Coffee for Breakfast and drink it slowly, savoring the smell and the flavor of the Extra Creamer, while scrolling Russia Today on Twitter and catching up on how to subvert American trends. I look forward to that moment all weekend long.
ELLIOT R. KUKLA: I hate to break this to you, but it sounds to me like you are keeping Shabbos!
EZRA BICK: It is a mitzva to learn Torah on Shabbat. However, the halakha states that one who spends most of his time during the week learning Torah should spend more time on Shabbat doing other things - sleeping, for instance.
There was a season where Michael[s] was prevalent in my life.
There was a season where Stephen[s] (or Stephanie[s]) was prevalent in my life.
There was a season where Raphael[s] was prevalent in my life.
Saints and Angels don't come haphazardly or on a whim. They enter your life, when you need them most. Their presence sanctifies time. And when that season is over, they just as suddenly disappear or are less frequent in your life.
Did the Raphaels in my life bring healing to those closest to me? Not necessarily. The presence of Raphaels, however, made the transition from life to death more organic and smooth. ie Caregiving
Perhaps, there is an order to the appearance of the Archangels in your lifetime, with Raphael being last. I've never met a Uriel. My encounters with Gabriels and Michaels have been typical with varying degrees of mischief: swordplay, goofing off, games.
Just witnessed Canadian Geese fly above in a V~shaped formation, while listening to Ave Maria (Birds are often linked directly to the Heavens in the Bible, the Hebrew transliteration being "Oph Ha'Shamayim" or "Bird of The Heavens"). They flew by too fast to take footage, but it probably means I'm doing something right. I'm focusing more on the Skies or Heavens aka Outer Space phenomena, which I was not accustomed to. My perspective was more Israeli Earth~centric.
Shmuel Reichman: We do not seek to re-experience the past each year. Our goal is to expand upon what we have created year by year so that this year, when we return to that same point on the circle from last year, we are in a fundamentally different place. Through our growth and ascension we are able to convert the two-dimensional circle into a three dimensional spiral, traversing along the same circle at ever-greater heights. We maintain the circularity while achieving ascension.
