Analysis Of What Is Beyond Yourself By Dale Wimrow
Once upon a time at the Eve of Rosh Hahshnah services, an Israeli bumped into a newly arrived Soviet immigrant on the streets of Tel Aviv.
"So, really, how was life back in Russia?" the Israeli asked the immigrant.
"I couldn't complain," the immigrant answered.
"And how were your living quarters there?"
"I couldn't complain."
"And your standard of living?"
"I couldn't complain."
"Well," responds the Israeli, "If everything was so good back in Russia, why did you bother coming here?"
"Oh!" replied the immigrant, "here I CAN complain!"
I like to my words today , thanking all of you for renewing your confident in me for another three years. I would like to ask all of us this simple question: Why are we here today? Why once a year we know that …show more content…
Not about ourselves. We should kvetch about what is beyond ourselves.
One of you taught me a great poem that it is present when I see somebody that complains. It is called “ The man of the Mirror.” Dale Wimrow wrote this poem in 1934 and it says: “When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, and the world makes you king for a day, “Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say.”
If somebody is complaining remind them to go to the mirror and to appreciate themselves and to give more.
Rabbi Jay Kleiman observes: “You should complain about social justice. It shows you are concerned. You don’t want to be too indifferent to complain. But along with the complaint, there has to be action.” “Don’t just sit there and admire the problem. Complain in a way to move toward a solution.”
And we need to be aware of what we want to achieve by complaining. Resolve a problem? Let someone know about the predicament so it won’t happen in the future.”
I had the honor last year to deliver the invocation at the Texas House, at the Texas Senate and at the US House of Representatives. At all this three moments in my invocation’s words, I reminded our officials to not forget the widow, the orphan and the
"So, really, how was life back in Russia?" the Israeli asked the immigrant.
"I couldn't complain," the immigrant answered.
"And how were your living quarters there?"
"I couldn't complain."
"And your standard of living?"
"I couldn't complain."
"Well," responds the Israeli, "If everything was so good back in Russia, why did you bother coming here?"
"Oh!" replied the immigrant, "here I CAN complain!"
I like to my words today , thanking all of you for renewing your confident in me for another three years. I would like to ask all of us this simple question: Why are we here today? Why once a year we know that …show more content…
Not about ourselves. We should kvetch about what is beyond ourselves.
One of you taught me a great poem that it is present when I see somebody that complains. It is called “ The man of the Mirror.” Dale Wimrow wrote this poem in 1934 and it says: “When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, and the world makes you king for a day, “Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say.”
If somebody is complaining remind them to go to the mirror and to appreciate themselves and to give more.
Rabbi Jay Kleiman observes: “You should complain about social justice. It shows you are concerned. You don’t want to be too indifferent to complain. But along with the complaint, there has to be action.” “Don’t just sit there and admire the problem. Complain in a way to move toward a solution.”
And we need to be aware of what we want to achieve by complaining. Resolve a problem? Let someone know about the predicament so it won’t happen in the future.”
I had the honor last year to deliver the invocation at the Texas House, at the Texas Senate and at the US House of Representatives. At all this three moments in my invocation’s words, I reminded our officials to not forget the widow, the orphan and the