5 November 2022

When you get used to a situation you take it for granted and you lose your sense of wonder.

Flying comfortably in the air, smart phones, and modern technology are a given in our lives despite them being  wondrous things.

If you learn about the incredible complexity of the human eye or how a pregnancy occurs, it blows your mind and you wonder what is behind it that makes it do what it does. But our sense of wonder is still limited because we grow into this reality gradually and it feels somewhat natural.

The Midrash says that Abraham lived in a cave for the first few years of his life so when he came out at the age of three and suddenly saw the world all at once, it was a great wonder to him and he felt that there must be a creator, and went on to search relentlessly.

We can’t afford to get used to things or people and take them for granted. We need to ‘zoom out’ and observe everything in our life from afar so we appreciate its true value.

Shabbat Shalom!