Eternity. Endurance. Day-to-Day. Long Haul. Victory within Foundation. Roots. Grounding. Creation. Connection.
It is striking me recently that my daughter is nearing 14 years old. This June, my wife and I will celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary. This weekend I was visiting my family in my hometown, where we moved 43 years ago. My mom still lives in the house we moved into, and it is in very good condition. I had a laugh today with my brother over the appearance of a particular side of his personality. I know him well enough to know that that is just a part of him, and he appreciated the humor in it.
That’s a whole lot of Netzach SheBisod. There was a time in my life during which I naively thought that if you had to work at a relationship, it wasn’t meant to be. I had somehow formed an illusory version of reality in which things should just be easy. If there was work involved, it was evidence that something was wrong. Ha.
Anyone who has had a child for even one second can affirm that there is work involved. Anyone who has a house that is in good shape after 43 years knows that the house doesn’t maintain itself. Anyone that has been married beyond the honeymoon knows it is not always totally a graceful unfolding.
It takes serious tending to the Day-to-Day to build Foundations that will carry us through. Enduring Connections Endure because we put in the effort of maintaining them. In another 14 years, G-d willing, I will have a 28-year-old, and will have been married 31 years! I will keep doing whatever it takes to make sure our Foundation is solid. I will keep in touch with my brother, so that he can continue to feel embraced, and not laughed at in a moment such as we shared today.
How would you like to tend to your Enduring Foundations today? May you be blessed to receive whatever it is that you need to keep building.