Women's League

We have all been paralyzed by overwhelming feelings from time to time. Whether we are dealing with stress, fear, grief, heartbreak or low self-confidence, it’s easy to get mired in our emotions and to struggle to break free.

Felling our emotions is a great thing, though – it’s much healthier to work through our difficult feelings then to suppress them, which will only cause them to resurface more intensely in the future. But the key phrase her is “work through” we must do the work to feel, process and release these emotions and not allow them to hold us back from what lies ahead.

When we are stuck in our feelings without a clear path forward, sometimes all we need is a little jolt to change our perspective and to remind us of all the good things that await us on the other side of our seemingly insurmountable feelings. We hope these quotes will be just the jolt you need.

· “The best way not to feel hopeless is to get up and do something” B.O.

· “When life gets hectic and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to focus on the people and things you are most grateful for. When you have an attitude of gratitude frustrating troubles will fall by the wayside” A.C.

· “You don’t have to see the staircase, just take the first step” M.L.K.

· “When feeling overwhelmed by a far away good, repeat the following, I have it within me, right now, to get me to where I want to be later’ K.S.

· “Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because were taking on too much, but because were taking on too little of what really strengthen us” M.B.

Dear Cuban Hebrew Community,

It is always good to make new friends, and for acquaintances to become friends too. For various reasons we find ourselves single later in our lives. Good friends can fill a void we may feel from time to time. There are new people coming into our community all the time. We are a warm and welcoming Temple. But it is not easy to make friends. We are looking to restart a social group for single seniors members. To be real chevra, a group of friends who value each other’s company, we need to find activities we want to share, and good times to meet. 

So here is an informal survey, please respond. (contact@cubanhebrew.com) We can have a relaxed meet –up at the temple for those who are interested to begin.

- Do you prefer to meet during the day, evening or either is good?

- Meet for coffee, lunch, dinner – any preference?

- Outings –movies, theater trips, museum trips – club with live music?

- Classes – art, music, dance, yoga?