Robert Jones Series on Overcoming Fear with Rabbi Moshe Scheiner
Contributing Editor Bob Jones’ conversation with Rabbi Moshe Scheiner of the Palm Beach Synagogue in Florida.
In an interview with Bob Jones for ChaplainUSA.org, Rabbi Moshe offers his thoughts on seeing life as a bounty of blessing from God.
Rabbi Moshe Scheiner: “I was with an elderly man yesterday. He’s having shortness of breath. If he walks from his couch to his kitchen he’s panting, right? We go through our day taking millions and millions of breaths. We never have shortness of breath and we never stop to think about it.
“If you are blind and one day you open your eyes and they were working, you would be screaming from joy in the light. “God, thank you very much for opening my eyes today.
“I don’t take for granted that I have this amazing camera in my brain that’s able to see in color. It’s a daily challenge because human nature is that we take things for granted.
“So instead of being angry and envious and bitter about life, the solution is to find more joy in your life. Find things to be more grateful. Don’t be envious of someone else, look how many blessings you have in your life.”
Rabbi Scheiner founded Palm Beach Synagogue in Palm Beach, Florida. This conversation continues online at https://chaplainusa.org/fear-anger-in-america/
In this final part of our talk with Rabbi Scheiner he explores the image of God in all of us, counting our blessings, insecurity of fear and building bridges.