(ד) אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יי אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יי כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יי וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃
(4) One thing I ask of the LORD, only that do I seek: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD, to frequent His temple.
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Achat Sha'alti me'et Adonai Otah avakesh, shivti b'veit Adonai kol y'mei chayai, lachazot b'noam Adonai ulvakeir b'heichalo.
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What do I need to nurture within myself
so that I can best journey back to my essence or my inner purpose?
"Jewish thought pays little attention to inner tranquility and peace of mind.The feeling of "behold, I've arrived" could well undermine the capacity to continue, suggesting as it does that the Infinite can be reached in a finite number of steps. In fact, the very concept of the Divine as infinite implies an activity that is endless, of which one must never grow weary. At every rung of [the] ascent, the penitent, like any person who follows the way of God,perceives mainly the remoteness. Only in looking back can one obtain some idea of the distance already covered, of the degree of progress. Repentance does not bring a sense of serenity or of completion but stimulates a reaching out in further effort." - Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Dr. Dan Gilbert from Harvard University says in his Ted Talk, “human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’ve ever been. The one constant in our life is change.”
"All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing.
Give tzedakah and do kindness." - R. Nachman of Bratslav