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Anything to Distract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re driving down the highway, it\u2019s easy to get distracted by things you see along the way. It may be an interesting billboard, a beautiful view, horses (beep-beep), or even the vanity license plate of another car. You could be focusing on it trying to figure out what clever spellings they\u2019ve come up with and what message they\u2019re trying to convey, and then, at some point, you remember that you\u2019re driving a vehicle weighing thousands of pounds, hurtling through space at 60 miles an hour, and that you should probably pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People play music or talk on the phone to take their mind off of the drive, too. It removes some of the monotony of the white lines passing and of the sometimes seemingly identical scenery around you. It makes the time go by more quickly, and helps the trip go by faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may occasionally find yourself drifting over a line and then righting yourself. It happens, but usually it isn\u2019t too serious. If you\u2019re in bumper-to-bumper traffic it\u2019s a bigger problem, and you may have to lower the music or podcast a bit, so you can focus on your drive a bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then there are times when you don\u2019t want to listen to anything else; when even passengers talking in the car is too much of a distraction. It could be when you\u2019re driving in an unfamiliar area, and looking for where you need to make a turn or take an exit. Maybe it\u2019s when it\u2019s raining heavily and your vision is diminished and you have to be on alert for any obstacles or erratic drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When that happens, suddenly, you want to FOCUS! You don\u2019t want any distractions and you don\u2019t want to hear anything else. You are single-mindedly making your way through the barriers, keenly aware that any veering to either side could lead to catastrophic results. At high speed, the slightest bump of the wall could dent your car, or even send it flying and spinning out of control, smashed and broken, not to mention what could chas v\u2019shalom<\/em> (God forbid) happen to the people in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At those moments, we are aware of the gravity of taking our mind off the road or our purpose. We maintain control very carefully and diligently because we realize what\u2019s at stake, and we will do whatever we can to minimize distractions. Music goes off, talking stops, and if anyone calls us, we ignore or tell them we\u2019ll call them back. This is serious business, and I won\u2019t risk playing games with my life for a nice chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the Straits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s another time, too, and this is what brought the concept home to me. Sometimes you\u2019re driving and the road narrows. Maybe there is construction and a lane is closed. Even more, sometimes you won\u2019t have a shoulder on the highway, and you will end up driving for some time on a single lane with concrete barriers on each side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, as the song says, \u201cthe whole world is a narrow bridge.\u201d When we go through life, it\u2019s easy to get distracted and pay attention to the things going on around us. They may take our focus off of what we should be thinking about, and we run the risk of getting pretty banged up. The problem is that we don\u2019t always see the concrete barriers on either side. It looks to us like green pastures as far as the eye can see. In such situations, it\u2019s harder to maintain the focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, we have times when the road comes into clearer focus, and we find our concentration heightened. It may be something like the days of the Three Weeks before Tisha B\u2019Av, which is literally referred to as \u201cbetween the straits,\u201d or it may be the week between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur when we are more keenly aware of what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reminders to Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There may also be times of challenge and tragedy. Illnesses and personal woes can bring us back to the present and remind us what\u2019s important. National suffering, like the October 7 attack, hostages kidnapped, soldiers dying, and general anti-Semitism, can remind us that we have a mission on this planet, and it\u2019s not about sight-seeing. These aren\u2019t bad things. The concrete barriers which seem to be closing in, are actually there for our safety, preventing us from drifting off and perhaps getting hurt or lost. Sometimes we need stronger reminders for our own good, and we need to recognize them as that. We should appreciate them instead of dreading them, because in the end, the point is to keep our eyes on the road so we arrive safely where we want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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