Sometimes the glass is not half full or half empty.
But rather is spills over entirely.
There is nothing, nothing left inside.
Worse even is when the glass completely shatters.
Then there isn’t even a vessel anymore.
All that’s left is to pick up the pieces.
As humans, we try to fill up the water, stop the water inside from spilling out, and to save the glass.
The rest is in G-d’s hands.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Just thought this was a really interesting photo.
The way the rain splattered down the side of this building.
The water hitting only on top and then trickling down the side like a big spill.
“The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain,” but in Washington, D.C., it falls down the side of the buildings in these weird artistic patterns.
When I was a kid, I remember when it rained, my father would tell me positively and jokingly, “Ah, we’re getting a free car wash today!”
Isn’t it amazing how G-d made the world where it rains, and provides us not only the water to drink and sustain ourselves, but literally a shower to clean our cities and wash away the dirty excesses.
The ecosystem is just an amazing array of literally everything we need and with checks and balances to keep the goings-on of the world suitable for His children. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So I was at my first synagogue men’s club event last week.
A guy at the door was checking people in with a laptop lent by my friend, who is the head of the men’s club.
Sitting at the desk, the check-in guy had a cup of soda and at one point, it got knocked over and spilled on top of the MacAir.
I raced over with some napkins to try and wipe it off quickly, and my friend grabbed his laptop and held it upside down to try and get the spill out.
For a while, the computer stayed on, but as I feared all the sugary stuff in the soda would do it in so it wouldn’t turn on again.
I emailed my friend a number of times during the week to find out how his laptop was doing.
He had made an appointment with AppleCare and they said they could fix it, but he said it would cost almost as much as a new computer.
Also, they gave him a contact somewhere else that specializes in recovering the data/contents on the computer.
The saga with the computer isn’t over, but on Shabbat my friend in synagogue said to me, “You know, you were the only one who contacted me to inquire how I was doing with the laptop.”
And he gave me a warm smile that said thank you for actually giving a damn.
I thought to myself perhaps we only have a few real friends in the world and it’s not just about who gives us that old ada-boy at the fun events. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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