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A Body Soul Success StoryI’d like to share a recent success.
I was in a room full of men praying Mincha (afternoon service) when I saw a child of about five come before his father with an urgent need to speak. I had finished my private prayer, but his father hadn’t and was – eyes closed - quietly talking to God. The boy stood there, fidgety but quiet, eyes fixated with anticipation on his father. Two minutes later the father finished his private prayer, the son rushed to whisper in his ear, the father nodded, and the boy ran out excitedly. A minute later he returned with a soda. Mincha then finished and as the two were about to leave I initiated the following conversation. “Is that your son?” I asked. The two of them looked at me. “Yes,” he said. “I must tell you - what incredible self-restraint he has! I watched what happened. He wanted to speak to you but he saw you were praying and he held himself. What strength!” The father and the boy smiled. How would I define that success? I let my soul draw my body close in pursuit of good. MORE |
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