(07-06-2021, 12:19 AM)jonathanP Wrote:(07-05-2021, 08:10 PM)Blue Bird Wrote: I guess that Jews also have challenges in relationships.
Perhaps the Jewish view, that every Jew is precious, makes it easier to get along with each other.
I like this seder reading from RabbiO, how children are addressed.
https://www.thehebrewcafe.com/forum/show...hp?tid=190
I like that a lot - it's a very generous way of looking at people. One thing I have learned about my friend's parents is that they were a careful mix of very hands-on, and very hands-off. And unfailingly supportive - and I think that's what has given risen to very well established self-efficacy and self-esteem. It really is a very different approach to where I came from - where my parents STILL compete with their children. It's intensely childish. Another person posted in the channel last-night, a link to Woody Allen's Annie Hall - a great scene between the two families.
And how about yourself - where are you in this strange, modern world of ours?
Cheers
Jonathan
It sounds strange to our (western) ears and I also have to learn this perspective (which is hard sometimes). But deep down I know that this is a wise way to look at people.
Where am I? I live here in the middle of this world... at the same time, I try to stay away from the most harmful things like drugs, alcohol, TV, and follow the advice of Psalms 1.