Shavua Tov to my Dear Community,
Thoughts from the fifth day.
Background:
This Shabbat is the first Shabbat I can remember, not playing an active part in preparing for Shabbat.
It's not that I'm one who prepares the entire Shabbat every week, but B”H I always try to help with the shopping, washing the dishes, tidying the house, cooking (don’t worry, I don’t do all those things every week…). But this Shabbat we had our Shabbat fully prepared by our kind and dear friends.
Insight:
To receive, it's both fun and hard.
I have to admit that the Passuk in Mishley "ושונא מתנות יחיה” does not apply to me.
I am someone who quite likes to receive gifts. Firstly because it's fun to know that you are precious to someone, and that they decided to invest money, time and thought into buying you a gift. Also, because many times the gifts really are helpful and useful.
But there is a difference between receiving purely for enjoyment, and receiving from a place of dependance.
Receiving from a place of enjoyment means that I do not depend on what I have received, but I choose to accept it because it adds interest and fun to my life, which is a good feeling.
Accepting from a place of dependence, means I can not do without what others give me, and that is a difficult feeling.
My Bracha is that we will always be lucky enough to be on the giving side, and when we receive it should be by choice and not due to dependency.
