“He called Eisav his older son” (Bereishis 27:1)
The Torah calls Eisav the “older son” to indicate his special firstborn status. However in actuality how much time was there between Eisav’s birth and Yaakov’s? A split second as the Torah states “His hand was holding onto Eisav’s heel.” Yet that small advantage caused Eisav to be crowned with the title of “firstborn ” and to receive all the privileges of the bechorah. How important is a moment of life! (Rav Chaim Ephraim Zaitchik Mayanei HaChaim)
People say that when one is busy time flies. In that case I am constantly airborne.
Mornings are tsunamis and I can barely keep my head above water. By the time I come home from work I’m sure that the waves of the morning’s turbulence must have subsided but they’ve neither diminished nor been forgotten. The afternoon is lost in a flurry of errands homework laundry phone calls and — oops: evening has arrived and the storm has escalated into a massive tidal wave. Things calm down at night but there is no time to enjoy the tranquility. The sailors are lying unconscious in their beds recovering their strength for the next day’s maelstrom.
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