In every one of us, there’s a Peninnah and a Hannah; the part that performs and the part that prays. One looks successful on the outside; the other feels barren within. And standing between them is Elkanah, the quiet, divine presence holding both in love. In this episode, I revisit the opening of the David story through Samuel’s beginning - not as history, but as a mirror of the inner life. This is where the noise of the outer world fades, the ache of the soul grows louder, and God invites us to listen. When the ego and the soul finally meet in the same house, transformation begins.