Dear Ones:
I haven’t posted in a while but it is not for lack of miracles and wonderful things to report. It is more because my retirement has been retired due to lack of interest in being retired…and I have really been busy. I am attending lots of classes about making our new website, www.hashemshouse.org as accessible as possible. And then there are the meetings with my web designing team, Fresh Air…through AIR Austin, Austin Internet Rally which will happen October 16th with the web site going up on the web shortly thereafter.
But I am not too busy to be aware of the miracles that are happening all around me. I have been given proof positive that I haven’t lost my class or my ability to teach. My part time job at AustinFreeNet (a non-profit bringing computer accessibility to all populations) has brought me three new groups of clients, although not new groups of people I have never worked with before. I have a group of rehab folks who are starting over. I have a group of folks coming out of incarceration. And I have a group of women learning to live independently. I LOVE IT! And we all seem to be enjoying it. We laugh a lot…that counts of something.
Then there was the miracle of the folks who manage our college loans. They’ve found ways to make life easier for all of us. That doesn’t happen every day! A special shout out to those folks! They’re the best.
And then there’s the weather. I had a rough time coming into Moody Hall today at St. Ed’s to get to my computer-programming course. It was 4 pm and 80 degrees. The sun was shining and there was a shady spot under the trees. There was a bench and there was a cup of ice tea. I really had to push myself to get into the building, into the lab and complete the text that my website design team needed by today. They got it by e-mail just before class started.
And then there’s the miracle of the web design team. They are the GREATEST! They are seasoned professionals giving me the same attention they give to paying customers. And they are encouraging me to learn and they are encouraging me to be part of the process. You can teach an old rabbi new tricks!
And then there is the continual miracle of my healing. I feel great…and every week, through the yoga and the meditation, I find myself able to walk more and walk better. I am starting to feel younger even though I continue to mature…I know that because my hair gets more and more white, way past gray! Yes, I am still a blond for the moment.
So, I just wanted to check in with you and tell you the miracles continue. I pray the same is true with you. I pray that you are living at the speed of life instead of the speed of light and that you pause to see, hear, feel, taste and know the miracles that are happening in your life all the time.
Baruch Hashem.
With many, many blessings and very great love for all of us,
Rebba Raine
