Shut It Off

Holidays and Shabbat

It feels like life's roller coaster has been traveling at speeds never clocked before, the highs and lows breaking all records.  And although I live in that world everyday, I believe this sense of chaos is driven by the times and the culture we have created.  Is this time any more challenging than Jewish life under the Pharaohs, the destruction of the Temple, the Holocaust? The difference is that those times were missing the great cultural benefits of CNN, FOX, Twitter, Facebook, and on and on.

So as we go into this scared time, as we have the opportunity to go into ourselves. SHUT IT ALL OFF.  The world will still be in the same shape after the High Holidays, and you will be in better shape to be more intentional about moving forward in it.

Shana Tovah. Have a good and sweet New Year.

Yoram Samets, Co-Founder of Jvillage Network, has over 30 years of experience in the marketing and communication industry. He is also a partner in Kelliher Samets Volk, a marketing group that employs more than 60 people at its offices in New York City, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont.