Brachos can’t change a person, but they can charge them with new strength

As I rounded up my crew, I felt alive, charged with the energy of multiple blessings. My surroundings were vivid, the children adorable, life brimmed with happiness. The brachos of an old woman I didn’t even know filled me with simchah, and I knew I was blessed. Brachos can’t change a person, but they can charge them with new strength, and intensify the good within them. They can ease their challenges and nisyonos, and be the catalyst for all the brachos of the Torah to be fulfilled in their lives.

Brimming with Blessing

(Originally featured in Family First, Issue 780)