We all need time to develop ourselves
W hen we received the Torah stood under the chuppah gave birth to a child or commenced on any other life-altering project we were brimming with joyous anticipation. Full of enthusiasm and optimism we felt that these turning points would lift us high and perch us there forever.
But alas it was not to be. Our highs have always been followed by lows and plenty of struggle. We learn our lessons the hard way experience and reflection become our teachers. We are a slow grow.
Slow-Moving Decades
We see this in our children too. Day by day (and moment by moment if we watch closely) our baby experiments receives feedback adjusts moves forward. Eventually she is sitting walking talking talking back. She changes physically emotionally mentally and spiritually and takes a couple of long decades to morph into an adult. Then she’ll take more decades to complete the remainder of her growth process.
There’s a reason for the allotment of tens of years for the average lifespan rather than tens of minutes; we are a slow grow.
