A Kiss From Hashem

Aviva inspired me.
Here is another small thing that could be really big.

These past few weeks have been both very busy and emotionally draining. I have spent them in a haze of panic over my end-of-semester work. In addition to neglecting Hashem, and neglecting myself, I had also been neglecting my friends (with the obvious negative effects for my own wellbeing inherent in that.) Monday night, I finally chose to call a good friend of mine. We spoke for just under an hour.  I didn't get as much homework done as a result but it made my night and I felt much better. Just as I was about to turn off my computer, I noticed a new email and checked it. It was from my professor canceling his class the next day.
There are two amazing things about that. 1. Had I not called my friend, and spoken to her, I would have been asleep before the email came. The class that was canceled was the first class of the morning. Chances are I wouldn't have checked my emails before class, so I never would have seen it. Needless to say, that had a massive impact on the next morning. 2. Because I took the time to call my friend, Hashem gave me back the time I had spent on the phone to do my homework in.

It would have been much cooler if my friend and I had been on the phone  for exactly an hour and 15 minutes- which is how long the class lasts. But it wasn't like that and I think that is the point.
I (we) sometimes miss the Bracha, the tiny little kisses that Hashem sends me (us) throughout the day, small things that I (we) may not even pay attention to, but that impact my (our) live positively nonetheless. Hashem is the One who orders every second of my (our) day, so that I (we) get exactly what I (we) need. My (our) job is to notice that Hashem is there and acknowledge it.

Life is busy, and Baruch Hashem there will always be stuff going on. What I (we) need to do is take up a collection, a collection of kisses, of the small ways in which Hashem is ever-present in my life. Because when I (we) notice that Hashem is always there, it changes the quality and tone of my (our) life(s) entirely.