by Sarah Zadok | Jan 15, 2015 | Personal Development
Growing up, I kept a copy of ”Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by my bedside (not too far from the “The Tao of Pooh,” a collection of poems by ee cummings, “The Catcher in the Rye” and “This is My God” for those of you keeping score). I dabbled in...
by admin | Nov 22, 2014 | Music and G-d, Personal Development
I suppose creative droughts are not exclusive to writers and content creators. But, when I’m in one, it’s lonely. It feels like “Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen” playing in the far south of my soul circa 1859. On a “medium” parched-for-creative inspiration...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 24, 2014 | Personal Development
I started the “Couch to 5K” running-workout a little over four weeks ago. Until this morning, the only physical feat I could claim after these aerobic jaunts was: I felt a little less like I was going to die each time I did it. Four weeks of a prescribed combo of...
by admin | Oct 12, 2014 | Life Lessons, Personal Development
This morning found me at the hospital with one of my kids waiting to check in for a small, out-patient procedure. The number 699 flashed in red above the reception desk, I pulled number 714 and looked for a seat. I scanned the chairs and noticed four men in matching...
by Sarah Zadok | Sep 14, 2014 | Personal Development
We recently moved away from a neighborhood where virtually everyone wears their Judaism on their long sleeves. Black hats, headscarves, yarmulkes of every size, color and texture; long, flowing skirts; straight, kick-pleated skirts, stockings in the summertime; and of...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Personal Development
G-d communicates with us all the time. The Ba’al Shem Tov brought this simple truth to life with his famous teaching: “There is not one leaf that falls from a tree that is not divinely ordained.” The idea that G-d is constantly engaged with our world is a not new...