tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post114506093344124961..comments2023-10-17T04:20:37.327-07:00Comments on Balabusta in Blue Jeans: OK, OK, I'm COMING, but I still think this Moshe guy should ask for directionsBBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1145556878876906212006-04-20T11:14:00.000-07:002006-04-20T11:14:00.000-07:00One other thing and something that invariably gets...One other thing and something that invariably gets my knickers in a twist: people who blog about their superhuman undertakings and their marathon dinners, etc. and varied successes. Eesh. That is intimidating! <BR/><BR/>I think a little modesty and mindfulness is in order here. Silence truly is golden.Barefoot Jewesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314662288895645809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1145556578960198562006-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:002006-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:00You ask some good questions!Maybe it's like marath...You ask some good questions!<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's like marathons.<BR/><BR/>I don't have my own kitchen or dining space so I have no idea what I'd do if I had the opportunity to do things "right". I'm a slob on most days, so straightening up and doing the minimum is a huge undertaking. But I do love to cook. So, it makes me think of marathons- one person's race is another person's marathon.<BR/><BR/>I think all the cleaning and preparation can get ridiculous. What better time to ask oneself, how much of it is still devotion, and how much of it is slavish devotion. That's a touchstone for me these days.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps, for some, a marathon of cleaning and cooking is their spiritual thing- the challenge they like to take up. For me, it's a marathon of davenning, from Rosh Hashana thru to Simchat Torah- which means every service offered, and to do it with kavannah- I love it and I love the challenge (Yom Kippur is my favourite day of the year!). I think that G-d *does* gift us with different desires and talents, and provides us with a multitude of ways to express them religiously/spiritually.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there is the problem of acting and looking "holier than thou". :) Maybe that's our true slavish compulsion, when it exists?<BR/><BR/>Maybe the freedom is in getting to choose which personal marathon one wishes to undertake?Barefoot Jewesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314662288895645809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1145555177947079882006-04-20T10:46:00.000-07:002006-04-20T10:46:00.000-07:00The "food you can't eat" stuff reminded me. :-)--n...The "food you can't eat" stuff reminded me. :-)<BR/>--niamhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1145555152265412722006-04-20T10:45:00.000-07:002006-04-20T10:45:00.000-07:00DOH!I did it again. I missed the pow-wow and mill...DOH!<BR/>I did it again. I missed the pow-wow and mills and have denied myself the opportunity of fry bread.<BR/>*sigh*<BR/>--niamhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com