Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
April 9 - 15, 2006
What’s with us whenever we need it, seems to get us out of trouble, and is unlimited?
Our bag of excuses.
The Kabbalists teach that most of us run away from what we have to accomplish in this life, always finding excuses for avoiding the spiritual work we came here to do.
The Sages reveal that when a person who has avoided spirituality comes before the Creator and is asked why he didn’t change, he will take out his bag of excuses (I was too busy trying to survive, hey, I gave to charity and I never killed anyone, I didn’t know you really existed). God will then tell him, “you have all the excuses, but you did not accomplish anything in this lifetime. Now you must return to the world and do something!” (more…)