Author name: kvodwieder

It’s important that we have role models – whether family, teachers, or community members who are awake to the Divine Reality in the world and whose way in the world reflects that reality. Those relationships can inspire us to have our own revelation of God’s presence – whether its through praying and learning with them, or even working and hanging out in the day to day.

Dwelling in the sukkah reminds us to turn our attention to deeper, eternal realities like the truth that we are always in relationship and that God’s presence is felt when we focus on the connections that take place through welcoming guests and sharing a meal, rather than false security that our edifices and structures give us.

The more that we courageously share the truth of our connection, through a smile, a kind word, an offer to help, an openness, the more that others will discover or remember that truth that their soul knows and have a better chance to direct their own footsteps in that direction.