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GC#59 - On A Road From Nowhere - Omer Day 45
I once heard a well known comedian parody a politician by imagining the following speech (in part) being given at a party conference:
'We must ask ourselves crucial questions. Where are we? How did we get here? Why did we come? Where do we want to go? How do we want to get to where we want to go? How far do we have to go before we get to where we want to be? How would we know where we were when we got there? HAVE WE GOT A MAP? '
Whilst we can understand the humour behind the cliches, we also understand the darker side. We sometimes go through the motions of pretending to ask the deep questions without necessarily wanting to hear the answers. Perhaps we don't know where we are. Do we actually know where we want to go? And if we do, do we have a map?
Two people who had every excuse to not have time to think, as they were constantly harried and persecuted by dangerous foes, were two people who clearly understood that there was a higher purpose and endpoint to their journey - even if they did not know when it would be. Ultimately, Yaakov and Dovid are two people who live on in many ways. Most importantly, their message lives on in us.
As that same comedian goes on to say: ' Do we want to stop now? (Rhetorical.) Or do we want to go right back to the beginning and start all over again.' For us, I would hope that the answer is clear...
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By Amram LandauI once heard a well known comedian parody a politician by imagining the following speech (in part) being given at a party conference:
'We must ask ourselves crucial questions. Where are we? How did we get here? Why did we come? Where do we want to go? How do we want to get to where we want to go? How far do we have to go before we get to where we want to be? How would we know where we were when we got there? HAVE WE GOT A MAP? '
Whilst we can understand the humour behind the cliches, we also understand the darker side. We sometimes go through the motions of pretending to ask the deep questions without necessarily wanting to hear the answers. Perhaps we don't know where we are. Do we actually know where we want to go? And if we do, do we have a map?
Two people who had every excuse to not have time to think, as they were constantly harried and persecuted by dangerous foes, were two people who clearly understood that there was a higher purpose and endpoint to their journey - even if they did not know when it would be. Ultimately, Yaakov and Dovid are two people who live on in many ways. Most importantly, their message lives on in us.
As that same comedian goes on to say: ' Do we want to stop now? (Rhetorical.) Or do we want to go right back to the beginning and start all over again.' For us, I would hope that the answer is clear...