Jewish Musings, Monday 12/18

[lee058]

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:

Frieda (hopefully)?

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!

[lee058]

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

Holly and I had a nice Zoom chat yesterday. We had fun talking about travels that our younger selves took.

Today's topic: Persistence. What's something you have recently succeeded in (or are in the middle of) due to your persistence?

For me, it's been getting things straightened out with two pharmacies and three doctors for medications for DS, DH and myself! It's been one hassle after another. However, today some of the medications are supposed to arrive, so I am happy about that. DS got his meds, and I got some of mine, so that's good. Today, DH and I are supposed to get more of ours. There are still some that will arrive later. Yahhhh! But I will do what I have to, to get everything taken care of. For example, I have a tele-med appointment today with one of my two doctors with whom I've been having these hassles. I'm going to talk with her about fixing the situation. Persistence is key!

Have a peaceful day, Lee

[louise]

Can persistence be intermittent or is that a contradiction? I am once again doing my strngth training. I had lapsed for a few months but I was still able to do it and I am grateful for that. The trip has sharpened my resolve. I recently made 8 kippot in a row. They were all commissioned in one way or another. I have trouble with my hands so it took some persistence to push through it. I am glad my fingers can rest for a while (although I would like to have a new project for my upcoming trip). I was/am very proud of the results.

[hollygail]

I'm walking with the women from a local Chabad every Wednesday morning from 9 until 10 at the local lake (it's about 1 mile from my house). I persist because it's the only "exercise" I put any effort into. I live in a two-story house, and walk up and ddown the stairs numerous times a day, so it's not like I sit on my tush all day long every day, but when the pandemic hit, the senior fitness classes I'd been attending for three years had to stop meeting in person (and although I tried the online version, it just wasn't anywhere near as good as the in-person gatherings). Walking is the only things I do that I put into the category of "exercise."

As for yesterday's topic of surprises, I'm not thinking of any recent ones. DH's health is on my mind a lot. And when it isn't, the war in the Middle East is. louise, Louise, I can't tell you how much I admire your decision to volunteer in Israel! Yasher kokeich!

[gazelle18]

Like Louise, I am sometimes intermittently persistent. I have had bursitis in one hip for a while , and have even received a steroid shot to quiet the inflammation. Prior to that, I was really on a persistent exercise kick and felt good. This hip thing has derailed me. Oh well, I’m now trying to come up with alternative exercises that don’t hurt, at least until I’m back to normal.

[peachymom1]

Sometimes I'm too persistent, like staying at a job or in a relationship when I should have cut my losses and bailed. I've gotten better over time with judging what's worth my effort, but it's been a long road.

I still believe persistence is important and can be very helpful, as long as I know when I've taken something as far as is good for me.