Monday, August 27, 2012

100 Blessings (almost) for #BlogElul 9

These orchids aren't blooming right now - but are tied to the Gumbo Limbo in our front yard.

There is a tradition of saying 100 blessings a day. Judaism has blessings for just about everything - for natural occurrences of all kinds, for meeting people, seeing things, completing mitzvot, eating, etc. Here are some of the blessings that I am grateful for today:

  1. Thank You God for the wonders of nature - today was wind and rain.
  2. Thank You God for allowing us to build shelters for protection and safety - from wind and rain among other things.
  3. Thank You God for scientists who can study and predict when we will have wind and rain. (Shout out to NOAA)
  4. Thank You God for the blessing of good health.
  5. Thank You God for the blessing of doctors to help bring us to good health. (Root canal was a success, we think)
  6. Thank You God for medicines that allow us to maintain good health. (I'm on new antibiotics)
  7. Thank You God for loving partners. (Like my husband who went to get my new antibiotics)
  8. Thank You God for colleagues and mentors. (I talked to several of mine today)
  9. Thank You God for sharing Your ability to create with humans. 
  10. Thank You God for sharing Your ability to bring order to chaos with humans.
With your help can we get to 100? What are blessings that you would like to offer today?
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7 comments:

  1. LisaAugust 27, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    Thank you God for the gift of patience in difficult moments.
    Thank you God for extraordinary teachers who are partners in raising our children.
    Thank you God for Benedryl itch cream after too many mosquito bites (this is not trivial).
    Thank you God for sensitive taste buds that allow me to appreciate fresh, healthy food.
    Thank you God for the joys of childhood.

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  2. RachelAugust 27, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    11. Thank you God for requiring more sleep from small children than from adults, so that we can do work and play after they go to sleep!
    12. Thank you God for giving us the intelligence (and the drive!) to create the internet, allowing for people to collaborate and work together from miles away.

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  3. Simcha Daniel Burstyn שמחה דניאל בורשטייןAugust 27, 2012 at 10:59 PM

    Thank you, God, for the change of seasons - for the cool (under 20C, finally) breeze of the morning, draped in birdsong and frog peeps (can you believe there are peepers here in the desert?). Thank you God for the whole web of life, and the ability to sense that I'm part of it!

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  4. UnknownAugust 27, 2012 at 11:31 PM

    Thank You, God, for creating technologies that allow us to communicate
    Thank You, God, for granting us creativity to express ourselves and share art

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  5. Phyllis SommerAugust 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM

    Thank you, God, for the incredible blessing of the communication tools that we have today, that enable us to share our thoughts and ideas and create community across the world.

    Thanks for taking this challenge on and "playing along" with blogelul. I am inspired daily by your posts! YOU are a blessing!

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  6. Danny YoungAugust 28, 2012 at 12:59 AM

    Thank you, God, for allowing us to learn from our mistakes...at this time of year and always.
    Thank you, God, for allowing us to discover our own unique relationship with You.
    Thank you, God, for giving humans the tools to make a difference.
    Thank you, God, for leaving space for each of us to find our own place in the world.

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  7. UnknownAugust 28, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    Thank you, God, for Jewish summer camp (I've been looking at Coleman reunion pictures on Facebook)
    Thank you, God, for creative brainstorms
    Thank you, God, for well-organized to-do lists.

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