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Rabbi Brian discusses the spiritual-religious notion of surrender… and how if you don’t let go, you just might get dragged. Shout outs this week to N.A. and D.S.M.

Rabbi Brian talks about the difference between family and relatives… it’s a bit of etymology — simple, but poignant if I have to say so myself…

Rabbi Brian asks you to image that you are having Tea with God and then, at the end of a lovely time, God does something unforgivable. He asks you to … ah, shucks, just listen to the podcast and you’ll find out. Hey, does anyone read these description

Rabbi Brian tells himself that he needs to take some time off. This podcast is really a podcast for him to listen to. If you listen to it, that’s ok. But, it’s really for him.

Rabbi Brian posits that you might be better off if you could figure out how to not desire so much… but how?

Rabbi Brian brings up the possibly crazy notion that we make friends with our suffering! Crazy, right? Perhaps. But, maybe, just maybe, it’s not crazy. Maybe it’s a way to ease some of our discontent…

Rabbi Brian discussed the notion that we all have so much to do and how it seems that we’ll never get it done, and how he takes some comfort in that. Special shout out to my dad who is undergoing a lot. A lot, a lot. He could use your prayers.

Rabbi Brian asks, “If you had magic pills, what would they do?”

Rabbi Brian talks about some sage advice he received about he got word of his father’s grave illness.

Rabbi Brian talks about the spiritual-religious truth of suffering and how our attempting to avoid it might not be the best way of dealing with it. (Shout out this week to my dad who is having optic-surgery.)