Jewish Life Digital Edition November 2014 | Page 74

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PROJECT SHALOM

nutrition, on beauty, on dress, and on every subject affecting human life. What you
see in those books are experts telling you
how to live your life, how to eat, how to
look, and how to dress, down to the most
intimate and personal aspects of life.
Think about yourself as a child; for instance, you might have said something
that you aspire to, and people laughed at
you or scoffed at you. Maybe you said you
wanted to be an astronaut. Maybe you
wanted to be a fireman. Maybe you wanted to be a ballerina. Whether it was realistic or not, think about how different it
would be if people had taken you seriously and supported your dream. Not that
you necessarily would have followed that