continued, CHANGE

       I just read this article tonight.  It is a continuation of how we start to rearrange our ROOM. Change begins by a personal inventory.  We will discuss design points later.  Here are a few excerpts that got me INSIDE my OWN SPACE!   You can read all of Rabbi Ecksteins  article with the link below.   I am so glad we do not have to wait outside the GATE.  We just go in.  Are you ready ? 

The King is in the Field August 20, 2009

During this time, doing teshuvah calls us to do an accounting of the soul. What this means practically is taking an unflinching inventory of who we are, where we are, what we've done and what we need to do, and asking ourselves some hard questions. What sins or mistakes do we need to atone for? What gifts or talents do we need to better utilize? What personality traits do we need to work on in the coming year? When we come to this point next year, what do we hope to have accomplished? This process of self-examination may be uncomfortable or even painful, but it is necessary.

There is a parable associated with the month of Elul that sheds light on its significance and its power: Jews, like Christians, believe that we always have access to God. But, Elul, the Jewish Sages say, is the time when "the King is in the field"—when God's Presence is even more immediate, even more accessible. During the year, a subject could see the King: But he needed an appointment, and he'd have to go to the King's Castle where he'd wait at the gate, and then be let in through a series of chambers, and, finally, to the throne room where he'd have his audience with the King. During Elul, though, the King comes to His subjects—He is right there, waiting. It is only up to us to approach Him.

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