Sunday, July 29, 2007

התעוררי! התעוררי!

התעוררי! התעוררי!

shabos nachamu - Shabbos night

I was singing it over and over.. hoping to hear my father join me in song...

התעוררי התעוררי כי בא אורך קומי אורי /
עורי עורי
שיר דברי / כבוד השם עלייך נגלה".

Monday, July 23, 2007

watermelon - hashem's loving gift

It was so hot.. I was so exhausted.. I just spend the last few days.. and nights with my father at the hospital.. I haven't eaten anything..
I got home and saw the watermelon in the fridge.. I cut up some pieces.. ah.. so so refreshing..
as my brother says always.. whenever we have watermelon..
watermelon.. a sign g-d loves us..

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Skater girl.. I hit my record today.

yay! It felt so good to be back on wheels. I really missed it. The past two weeks have been so so hot.. so I haven't been doing my daily Jerusalem-Dead Sea workout.. I was afraid of heat exhaustion..

I have been doing more of inward journeys... Torah study and prayer.. B"H attended some great classes..

But yesterday.. I really missed my skating.. the addictive adrenaline rush... that amazing feeling.. **

In the morning I packed in some great power classes at Midrashat Bat Ayin.. Rebbetzin Esther Kitov, Rebbetzin Emunah Witt and Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum... all amazing!

and in the afternoon hit the road..

It was hot.. very hot.. but the reward afterwards was so much more awesome! - opening the faucet and putting my head under the cool refreshing water.. ah ah..

and yay I hit my old speed record today.. less than an hour..

I don't wear a watch.. so I don't know exactly.. but I remember still being in Jerusalem at 4:45.. and went I hit the Dead Sea.. I checked the clock at the Lida gas station and was surprised that it was only a quarter to six...

I think it's the heat.. makes the wheels go really fast.. the wax.. lubricant.. melts..
it's also that I was really excited to be back.. and just flew.. (yay! I passed three trucks on the way.. on their left.. and glided in with traffic at both intersection.. jerusalem-maleh adumim-yam hamelach and before mishor adumim.. I love when it happens.. when I could just roll.. without braking or slowing down to merge with traffic.. also @ Jericho intersection.. neat.. just rolled.. no braking..)

after being delighted with the wondrous water.. I was deliberating whether to go for a swim or not.. I wanted to be back in Jersualem for another great class.. I decided to go for a short swim.. and hopefully would do both.. I filled up a bottle of water.. and got a motorcycle (yay!) ride heading to Ein Gedi.. I got off at the machsom..

The dead sea waters were so nice.. the place looked most beautiful.. today.. wow! the magnificent colors.. pink purple blue.. green bushes around.. sand..
I didn't have time for more than a quick swim.. mud massage.. and a hot shower..(I'd wish for an icy cold..but the sun heated the water in my bottle...)

I got back to Jersualem for Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz amazing class! He has the coolest life tools.. I love the "done deal"!

and of course later .. rollerbladed down Yaffo for a visit to the kotel.. for mariv, tehillim.. singing at my spot.. sweet songs..
י--ה אכסף
צמאה צמאה נפשי לאלוקים לא­ל חי ליבי ליבי ובשרי ירננו לא­ל חי
ריבה ריבי וגאלני לאמרתך חיני

gut shabbos.


** what pushed me to do it.. even in this heat-- was that I was tempted for a moment to post clips of my skating trips.. on my blog.. and was reminiscing..
but hey --why settle on past memories?
go get the real thing..
I did.. thank you Hashem..

( I don't take pictures of my trips.. it is some kind of illusion.. you could never capture the real thing.. also..I want to be creating every moment new fond memories... not live the past..
Last trip.. I saw a few drivers driving alongside on the highway shooting my downhill rollerblading trip on their cellphones.. I don't like when they do it.. but they already did.. so I asked them to email the clips to me.. )

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Monday, July 09, 2007

wonderful surprise waiting for me

Thank You Hashem for the wonderful surprise waiting for me at the door.. today.

I was running really late.. and just missed my bus.. and then couldn't find my kartisya.. finally the next bus came.. I got to Jerusalem... and was running to the musuem to open it up.. so that no one would be waiting too long.. I was stressed a bit.. and tried to get there as fast a I can.. I was thinking.. all this effort.. what if no one shows up.. but a commitment is a commitment..

(Even though quite some years have passed.. Rav Ehrentreu's words still ring in my mind..
Every day, Every day.. Every day.. day in.. day out.. in sunshine.. in rain.. every day.. the greatness of klal yistrael's karbon tamid.. consistency.. no matter what.. you do it.. oh I miss those days..)

I got there... and what a wonderful surprise...
there was a nice crowd waiting at the gate for the jam..
It was a good jam.. nice harmonies.. improvised some cool melodies..and got an invitation for another gig next week iy'h..

Thank You Hashem.. I was happy.. and skipped all the way to the kotel.. I composed a few songs-at the kotel.. and sang and prayed..
ומצפים לישועה

Friday, July 06, 2007

הודו לה' כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו

Thank you so much Hashem! (for the st increase)

Let me always be grateful and sing your praise!

אורך ימים אשביעהו ואראהו בישועתי