Finding Emunah

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized something important, life is not a competition. Not with other women. Not with anyone.

I’ve been a mom to my boys for many years, and motherhood has already taught me so much about strength, patience, and love. But there is something about my daughter that has pushed me to grow even more spiritually. Maybe it’s the questions she asks, the honest, curious ones that make you pause and really think.

The past couple of weeks, everyone has been focused on New Year’s resolutions, goals, and fresh starts. And while I love seeing people motivated and inspired, I realized something about myself. I didn’t set New Year’s resolutions, not because I don’t believe in growth, but because my New Year already passed.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how important it is to surround ourselves with people who are loving, kind, and genuinely good neighbors, not just in proximity, but in heart.

For no apparent reason, this month I have been very happy. Not the loud kind of happiness, but a deep sense of peace in my heart like everything is exactly the way it’s meant to be. There’s no specific reason. Just because. Just because I’ve fought to be here.

I am always amazed by how each of us carries our own unique talents. Some people have many, some have one, but every talent is a light. Sometimes it stays quiet inside us until something or someone, brings out that spark, that ambition, that fire we didn’t even know we had.