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Wishing Well (at the Seder)

At the end of the Seder, when we open to door for Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah the Prophet) the Big Door Upstairs swings open to our prayers and it's time to make serious wishes. 

Here's a Top Ten suggested wish list. 

1. I wish I had more humility, because if I were a bit more humble I would be open to learn new things, and I know I need that. 

2. I wish I had more patience to understand and appreciate what I learn. Help me live in the moment, slow me down when I’m rushing about, never living deeply. 

3. Please give the wisdom to care about what I know. How often my attitude is “I know, but I just don’t really care.” What a person I could be if I could actually care deeply about the things I know I should… 

4. Please help me with my attractions. I wish I could always be attracted to good things and never to other things. I’m ashamed of my apathy to important matters and my obsession with nonsense. I try to control myself, but how amazing would it be if You could help me change a little inside too! 

5. A little discipline wouldn’t hurt. I have enough good intentions to pave Route 66. Please help me have the self-discipline to apply at least some of them to real life. 

6. How I wish I could be better at empathy. I watch people struggle with themselves and my reaction is “What’s the matter with them?” What’s the matter with me?? Help me feel people’s pain so that I can feel more pity and less contempt. 

7. Strengthen my determination. I know that challenges, even daunting ones, are simply You giving me an opportunity to discover inner strength, and I appreciate that. But sometimes I need help with the discovery process… 

8. Help me persevere through my own doubts. I think I need daily reminders that confusion is to be expected, but not feared.  

9. Do me a favor, adjust my privacy settings. Give me the clarity once and for all to be content with what I have, and help me accept that wanting every pleasure that crosses my path, including those that don’t belong to me…a path to health and happiness it’s not! 

10. After all that, one last wish: I wish I could be a sincere, uncomplicated person. Because uncomplicated people know the biggest secret of all – doing is always better than wishing. 

And one more for good measure: I want Moshiach NOW!! 

Shabbat Shalom and have a Kosher and happy Pesach!

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