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Life gets really busy and even when it's not busy I find there's always something going on. I'm reading a book. I'm watching TV. I'm on Facebook – guilty. And when I'm at shul, which isn't all that often – I try to go to shul every Friday night but that doesn't always happen – it's time to think. It's my meditation, for whatever that's worth, and saying the same words over and over again that I don't need to be looking down at the page but the page is always there looking the same way it did when I was six and holding it in my hands. That's my meditation. That's my time to think. That's my time to close my eyes and I always say thank you to Hashem, but I don't know if Hashem is that big sky in the guy or just the things that connect us and make human life beautiful.
My a-ha moments are very personal. It's more you think about the week and you think about what's going on in your family and you go into what you need help with and what you're thankful for. It's mostly a-ha moments in seeing the good and seeing the beauty and taking a step back. Those are my a-ha moments, just an opportunity to take a step back - however one does that. It's something really special that we get to do if we choose to. And I think that's worth looking into.
I used to identify as Conservative and some days I still identify as that, and some days I don't identify as anything and everything at the same time. But I'm a big proponent for "I'm Jewish," and that really should be enough.