A friend calls and starts going on about a particular problem. “What do you think?” she asks.
Usually we come up with some satisfying philosophy. But this time I can’t. I feel like my brain is too scattered between the revolving-door summer-vacation requests and all the heartbreaking mind-boggling events of late.
“I don’t know what to tell you” I answer absorbed in the thought for a moment of how her situation is another example to throw in the barrel of “You will go insane from what you will have to witness.” (Devarim 28:34)
“Just say something” my friend says not wanting to interrupt a twenty-year volley. The only thing that comes to mind is my laundry situation since the dryer repairman keeps showing up with the wrong parts.
Create a free account to keep reading.
