Jewish Musings, Thursday, October 19

[louise]

What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.

Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy

And for those of you that stop by to read this thread without posting — you are welcome to, but you are also welcome to chime in. Don’t be shy!

[louise]

Folks we have been having a really great week – thank you for your thoughtful responses. Today though I have had a 16-hour work day and I am about used up. I started checking proofs that came in at 3:45AM knowing I needed to get it done before leaving for a warehouse plant trip, and so on. Lots of walking. And terrible food. Calories were well within the (much too high) range that Noom proscribes for my activity level today but the choices were awful. At lunch they served a salad of mostly greens I am not fond of, not so good veggie wraps, not so good pasta salad, and chicken (which I couldn’t have). I ate the pasta salad and some of a wrap. I also had 1-1/2 cookies (peanut butter) and some fruit. None of it was my choice, most of it was calorie dense, and that’s an unsatisfying combination. Be that as it may I am finally home. I want to just be proud of all the work I got done (we are a very small company and 2 people are at a book fair in Germany so I was keeping several balls in the air). I haven’t been busy enough at work the last month or so, so I don’t at all mind, I am just tired. Perhaps too tired to do justice to a topic.

In the words of Tim Gunn (for Project Runway afficionados) the theme for today is “Make it work.” You don’t always get to choose all of the elements of your day but most often we do get to choose how we approach it (even if it doesn’t feel that way at the time). Work it.

PS I am so relieved to hear confirmation that Israel did not bomb that hospital. I’m not sure if the world believes that but I hope so. And the House of Representatives – OMG

Lynne I hope your birthday was joyous.
Speaking of joyous if you didn't see Frieda's post yesterday go there now - major yes!

[hollygail]

Frieda, great news!

louise, your day sounded yucky. So sorry for all the "requirements" you had to deal with. I had a part-time job once where every once in a while the boss gave me more than I'd be able to complete within the hours he would let me work (or pay me for), so I left when I had to after having chosen how to prioritize what he'd wanted done. One time, my choice of priorities wasn't the same as his turned out to be and that was my last day working for him. I had already told him that the job and I were not a good match and requested that he look for someone else and that I'd stay until he could find someone, so it was no loss as far as I was concerned (plus, I didn't like him one little bit). So I've never been in a situation like the one you described. I can't imagine working 16 hours in one day; I don't think I ever could have handled that! Tip of the hat to you, Louise!

I never watched Project Runway, but can imagine the implications of "Make it work."

As for confirmations that Israel didn't bomb that hospital: I heard about such confirmations, but haven't looked on my own to read about it. Please tell me where, Louise or anyone else. I really want to see it for myself (no, it's not that I doubt its veracity; I just want to be able to quote an authority of some kind when challenged).

As for the "speaker" of the House: just plain don't get me started on US politics...

[lee058]

Good morning everybody! Hope you are all well and SAFE! Please remember to pray for Israel.

Re today's topic: "Make it work" sounds like something a person would hear from someone else telling him/her to do something difficult but (hopefully) not impossible. I don't find it particularly encouraging. I'd rather hear something along the lines of, "You can do it!"

Have a peaceful day, Lee

[louise]

There is a rally this evening near Times Square demanding Hamas release the hostages. I am torn about whether to go. I think I have to.

[gazelle18]

My bday was indeed joyous. Thanks for the good wishes.

Now that I’m older, I am going to make my time remaining on this earth “work for me”! There will be SO many things we will not be able to choose, or control, but I think the key is to work with what you do have.

Thrilled to hear Frieda’s news.

Regarding the hospital bombing, there is a good summation of the evidence in he NY Times , Holly. Also CNN online. It does seem pretty compelling, based on what I have seen, that the rocket came from within Gaza. This issue, of course, is that people believe what they CHOOSE to believe. If Israel’s enemies wish to not look at the real evidence , and to continue to tell untruths, it has the same effect PR wise as if Israel HAD done the bombing.

I need help getting unglued from the news!

[peachymom1]

I've never seen Project Runway, but it sounds to me like the phrase "make it work" can have opposite meanings. It can mean, to heck with your own needs/wants, get this done right and on time and be done with it. Or it can mean, start from who/where you are and use the resources at hand to get things done according to your own strengths.

I've worked 16-hour days before, but I was a lot younger then. At least if I had to do it now, I'd get paid for overtime, so that's something. I was definitely taken advantage of in my younger years.

I'm happy to report that I almost never have any pain in my knees now, since I've been doing my PT exercises regularly and have changed the leg machines I do at the gym. My knees and hips are much stronger and more flexible now, and it makes a big difference.

[peachymom1]

Oh, I forgot to mention, last night our Congressman had his quarterly town hall call, and he too explained that the rocket that hit the hospital in Israel had to come from Gaza, not from an Israeli air strike. I agree with Lynne that our enemies are not going to believe the truth, but it still matters to me.