Happy New Year! 5769 is going to be a good one, I can feel it! I have good news and I've some bad news. I'll lead with the positive... My Rosh Hashanah was outstanding because this year I joined Congregation B'nai Jeshurun. (BJ for short) BJ is the best Synagogue ever! www.BJ.org They are inclusive, active and egalitarian with a good mix of fun and diverse singles and liberal families. Lanna and I joined at the same time. We got tickets for the High Holidays and invitations for Rosh Hashanah dinner for both nights.
After Rosh Hashanah Eve services, we wound up going to a fellow congregant's home for a spontaneous potluck which I helped to spearhead that day and we all contributed food and had a great time! The host, Gregg, is such a great guy! That kind of renews my faith in Jewish men. Everyone at the dinner was a Kool Jew; the kind of Jews I relate to… artistic, passionate and warm.
Lanna and I went to Rosh Hashanah services the first day, did Tashlich in Central Park and then went to NJ to eat dinner at her grandmother's home. When we walked in the door, Lanna's grandma who has not seen me in over a year, noticed my new red hair color and complimented me. She's really sharp and has great taste! The celebration was intimate and warm... The Hecht family has included me for Passover and High Holiday services for three years now and I am very grateful for their inclusiveness and love them very much!
After dinner, Lanna's 92 year old grandma kissed me goodbye and told me she loved me and when I said I loved her too, she kissed me again and told me she wished me happiness and to go after what I want in life. "Loves it!"
For Yom Kippur, we will be at BJ's and will have a Community Break Fast with hundreds of congregants. I expect it bill be social and upbeat!
So, here's the Bad news... I was laid off (again) due to a company merger on Friday 9/26, so I started the new year unemployed. I feel as though eveIn though the financials are pretty bleak, but I will survive! This time around, I am in a stronger place to find a new job, more experienced, confident, thinner and have a better idea of what I want to do. Yes, its disappointing, but the I was not making enough money to work as hard as I did and I see it as a blessing in disguise.
In spite of my employment situation, I feel optimistic, strong and blessed! Considering how many problems there are in this world and how much worse off others are, I know I'm pretty lucky...I have the best of friends here in NYC and in other cities, a loving family, sweet and beautiful tomcat, nice apartment...Also...I've taken wonderful trips , take part in NYC cultural activities and I have good health and a powerful brain.
During Tashlich, I caste out my wrongdoings in the reservoir in Central Park. I feel cleansed and renewed and can't wait to find my next adventure. I feel like both a cat with "nine lives" and a butterfly that changes everything. I'll be OK, as always, I'm OK! And, if for some reason, I don't find a new job within a month or two... I've resolved to take the GMAT and go to Grad School in the Spring of 2009. So, I have a back-up plan.
Anyway, that's New Year's News...
Happy Jew Year!
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