24 Seven March 2020 Issue

March 2020 Issue
How Would The World Be
Different Without You?
Written by Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Recently, I asked
this question
to a group of
financial planners
of a variety of
ages. One older
gentleman
responded,
“I am not sure
if my life makes
a difference.”
Despite having a family being well respected by his
peers, he was having trouble appreciating his role in the
world. I reminded him, that we all make a difference,
of the blessings in his life and his capacity to harness
them for impact every hour of every day.
Pause today and answer this question yourself. How
would the world be different without you?
You may not realize it but you are not an accident.
You were born with purpose. Every day you possess a
unique mission and potential to reveal the light in you
and share it with the world.
Here is a secret: Our lives are not made up of years,
but of days and moments. The more we are attuned to
this reality, the more meaningful 2020 will be for each
of us, our families, friends and community.
Today is one day, the first day of the rest of this year.
Seize it to plan a year of becoming your best self. What
are you on this earth to do? In the words of Fyodor
Dostoyevsky in The Brothers Karamazov, “The mystery