Vayelech - Legacy In Song !

Vayelech - Legacy In Song !

Vayelech – Legacy In Song

September 18/19, 2015 Tishrei 5/6, 5776

 “I am now 120 years old, & I can NO longer be active” ……………  So Moses approaches Joshua per G-d’s instructions, and basically says, “Hey I am going to die, and YOU need to be the leader and LEAD to the Promised Land….. I’ve started this 40+ year trek, & now it’s your turn to keep it alive to fruition in G-d’s manner and way!  So with that said, Moses and Joshua have a meeting with G-d, and G-d gives them VERY, VERY explicit detailed instructions how to carry on…….Obviously, Moses is extremely committed, but he still faces his own mortality, while he is creating this strategy with G-d’s direction!  He has really made a name for himself and his legacy on what he has accomplished in life and knows he is going to die without reaching (PHYSICALLY) the promised LAND! 

Every day, we should review our own actions, & see/measure our impact on others (hopefully proactive and positive)…Little blessing/Mitzvahs help.  Do we help and aide the community that surrounds us; do we offer a lending hand even when not asked, do we teach others to grow spiritually one step at a time?   We are our own authors along with G-d creating our own legacy - our own Social, Moral, Spiritual impact on others and the world that surrounds them.

We all should think – “What has been or will be MY legacy, and or IMPACT?”  (What have I or YOU done to pass on). Have we practiced with acts of kindness, such as volunteering, helping our children or our elderly, aiding our poor and our hungry?  Did we invite a friend that was alone over to our home, or offer an ear just to listen!????  OR have we practiced any of the Mitzvahs/Blessings we all should practice?!

  We are all human and we are not perfect or have awesome days each and every day (in fact, we all have experienced anger, stubbornness, sadness, loss of, or just what appears to be a bad day), but we should really believe in the good of people, the Love of humankind, & Tikkun Olam (repairing the world/healing humanity one Mitzvah/Blessing at a time!), as this is OUR Legacy!!!!

I think The Beatles expressed it very well;

‘And when the broken-hearted people

Living in the world agree

There will be an answer, let it be

For though they may be parted

There is still a chance that they will see

There will be an answer, let it be………

Let it be, let it be

Ah, let it be, yeah, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the night is cloudy

There is still a light that shines on me

Shine on until tomorrow, let it be

I wake up to the sound of music……..

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, yeah, let it be

Oh, there will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, yeah, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.’

We are here today, on this world, this very moment, so it’s never too late to start creating, or SINGING your own legacy and have a positive impact!

Write your song now!

And please remember, “Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”