BS’D
Eisav fathered the gentile nations. His name is loosely translated as finished or completed from the Hebrew word asuy. In contrast, the name of the father of the Jewish people,Ya’akov Avinu, depicts a state of becoming, being future tense for ‘will become’ or ‘will follow’.
The Western world often focuses on quick-fixes. You don’t have the perfect spouse? Get one. Do you need a rest? Go on vacation. Do you have a health symptom? Pop a pill. Do you want happiness? Buy a new car. There is little time for contemplation growth or the slow but steady process involved in self-improvement and exploration of the root cause of things.
The Torah clearly states that G-d saw the world as good each day, even though creation had not yet been completed. G-d calls the process of developing and creating the world ‘good’. In fact, G-d deliberately left the World incomplete by the 6th day in order for man to have a part in developing it.
Feel & Heal Exercise of the day:
Look at the eyes of a child who is building a tower of blocks. Notice her anticipation and joy in building, not just in the end result. Can you see your life in the between the blocks?
