Chizzuk for when the road is heavy.
7 reasons in this collection
“There have been times when life bent me pretty far from where I thought I’d be. What kept me going wasn’t always feeling strong. It was remembering the people I love, the values I don’t want to lose, and that a hard season doesn’t have to uproot everything that came before it.”
“My dad, worked so hard was not so appreciated at his work, but he showed up every day and did everything he could to support the family without expecting almost anything in return.”
“Kintsugi art does not hide the break. It makes the break part of the beauty. A broken heart is not an empty temple. It can be rebuilt. And sometimes what is rebuilt carries a strength it never had before, with the deepest cracks becoming the places that hold the most light.”
“Challenges are a necessary step of the journey before things get better.”
“The fact that we still have our sense of humor after all the challenges we endured is a testimony to the greatness of our nation”
“My father z"l who was the only survivor of his family (49 perished השם ינקום דמם) was constantly making jokes to his fellow inmates in the 5 years (3 different concentration camps) that he suffered under the Nazis ימח שמם וזכרם. When his friends asked how he could joke in these terrible times, he said "I want to outlive Hitler ימח שמו and that's how I'm going to succeed" - ותשחק ליום אחרון. If that could be done during WW2 in Birkanau, Buchenwald…”
“The Jewish people’s ability to rebuild after everything gives me strength.”