{"id":58528,"date":"2017-09-28T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=58528"},"modified":"2017-10-10T03:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:25:46","slug":"donkey-kong-secret-agent-man-reframing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/donkey-kong-secret-agent-man-reframing\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong, Secret Agent Man, and Reframing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had days (weeks? months?) when you felt like your life had become a wearing, stumbling cha-cha of \u201ctwo steps forward and one step back\u201d? \u00a0(Or worse yet,\u00a0<i>one\u00a0<\/i>step forward and\u00a0<i>two<\/i>\u00a0steps back?)<\/p>\n<p>When you felt like your every moment was a furious but futile attempt to scramble up the down escalator, in hope of arriving at a sustained position on higher ground? \u00a0When somehow it felt as though every careful, diligent effort you made was rewarded with unexpected and daunting setbacks and tribulations?<\/p>\n<p>At times like these, perceiving and internalizing that Hashem loves us can be a great challenge. \u00a0If He loves me, how come it feels like nothing I do . . . works? \u00a0is supported? \u00a0How come my best efforts have been rewarded with loss, crisis, and what seems like a bed of hot coals?<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, Why have You (seemingly) abandoned me??<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeli, Keli, lamah azavtani? \u00a0Rachok mishuati, divrei sha\u2019agati\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishlinknj.com\/community-news\/essexunion\/20479-learn-torah-in-preparation-for-the-high-holidays\">The Jewish Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had days (weeks? months?) when you felt like your life had become a wearing, stumbling cha-cha of \u201ctwo steps forward and one step back\u201d? \u00a0(Or worse yet,\u00a0one\u00a0step forward and\u00a0two\u00a0steps back?) 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