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Jewish World Review Sept. 12, 2002 / 6 Tishrei, 5763
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Observations along
the road of life
Every so often an unnoticed book comes our way that we feel deserves a much wider audience. Given the current religious season, we have excerpted a few introspective passages here.
ONE FULL NEW YEAR
Have I accomplished
Does this year
Have I accumulated enough
Did I give
How responsible
ADDING ANOTHER YEAR
and each year
I know this
I have not yet
deserved.
GIFTS
It sometimes
to understand
By Malky Farkas Treitel
A new year is here
and I begin to
analyze myself.
enough?
which slipped by
signify substantial growth?
actions and deeds
to equal
one full year
of 24 hours a day?
in proportion
to what
I have received?
will I be
this year?
Every year
I reassure
both G-d
and myself
that this year
I will become
a mentsh,
both G-d and I
believe it.
because every year
He generously
and lovingly
gives me credit
Gifts
from G-d
are often
disguised
with pain
and hardships.
takes years
of evolution
in life,
His love
and begin
to accept
and appreciate.
Malky Farkas Treitel, a Brooklyn, New York, poet, is the author of
"Walking Down the Street: Observations along the road of life", from where the above was excerpted. You may order this book by clicking on the above link. (Sales help fund JWR.) Send your comments by clicking here.
