When I purchase new books, I don’t always begin at the beginning. I like to open a random page somewhere in the middle of the book. I often find messages that seem to have been written just for me. After I acquired Rabbi Aaron L. Starr’s meaningful book “Don’t Forget to Call Home- Lessons from God and Grandpa on a Life of Meaning,” I turned to page 106 and began with the last paragraph on the page, under the chapter heading “The Benefits of Calling Home.”
“From the moment that Gd chose Abraham, Gd has been encouraging humanity to “grow up”: to find agency in the midst of seeming powerlessness, to embrace life precisely because life is vulnerable. Certainly, as Moses demonstrated, we too grow up by caring for those who are in need. We also grow up by choosing, in the midst of all the craziness of our world, to live lives of meaning and purpose. We grow up by practicing gratitude and by seeking moments of joy. And we grow up when we realize the hope that Gd places on humanity and we make that hope our own.”
