Rabbi's Corner

Message from the Rabbi

"You have been skirting this hill country long enough; now turn north." (Deuteronomy 2:3)
Avoidance is a tactic we all employ at some point or another.  Some avoid tasks and some avoid people and some avoid situations.  There are parts of life that are simply unpleasant.  Things we have to do at work, people who are toxic and conflict can lead us to look for work-arounds so we never have to confront the situation. 
Sometimes the effort required to avoid the situation can take much more work than just jumping in and facing it head on.  Most of the time we all will have to have those difficult conversations or do what we have been avoiding. Eventually, we will learn that had we just done it in the first place, we would have made room in our lives for those things and people we enjoy. 
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