How we climb determines how we feel at the Mountain Top- Shavuot
Four people were tasked with reaching the top of a mountain.
1.One decided to get a helicopter to drop him at the top.
2.One decided that he would not bother with the mountain at all.
3.One climbed half way and then turned back
4.The last one climbed the entire mountain.
The one who had the helicopter drop him off felt good that he got to the top before everyone else but that feeling disappeared a few moments later.
The one who would not bother at all with the mountain felt nothing,maybe bored , as he had chosen to do nothing .
The one who climbed half way felt some sense of achievement but was overwhelmed by disappointment in that he had not persisted.
The last one climbed to the top and felt a lasting sense of achievement and fulfillment that would be with him for a life time. He was not the same person that started the climb, each step, each challenge on the way contributed to the person who had reached the top.
We had from Pesach to Shavuot, 49 days, to climb, to feel every stage and arrive at the Giving of the Torah, a higher version of our selves ,different ,and thus we receive the Torah in a manner that is totally different to last year, empowering ourselves, opening ourselves to and allowing ourselves to connect to a life of new closeness to G-d living our lives at a totally different level .
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