Day 4: From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur: Actualizing your Potential

Sara Rigler is my favorite Jewish writer. Her articles, including this one, appear on www.aish.com. I have been fortunate to meet her and she has spoken for JET a number of times. (You can hear one of those talks on my podcast www.rugbyrabbi.podomatic.com).

This essay is related to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. However the message of learning from the paing of others, and putting our lives in perspective compared to those who have suffered tragedies, is an ongoing one.

I just read an email today about the ongoing medical struggles of an infant child and the amazing strength and faith of their parents.

As I write this, we are approaching Pesach. You can read another great essay by Sara Rigler with a Pesach theme, also discussing achieving greatness through struggle at www.aish.com or at http://www.aish.com/passthought/passthoughtdefault/The_Catapult1.asp if it is no longer on the home page when you read this posting.