“When you get to heaven, you’ll be asked Seven Questions… that reveal how you lived your life on earth.”  So writes Dr. Ron Wolfson, one of Reform Judaism’s leading visionaries and inspirational authors, whom we are honored to welcome as our BJBE scholar-in-residence this weekend, November 5-7, 2010.

Question 7: Were you you?

“When you get to heaven, you’ll be asked Seven Questions… that reveal how you lived your life on earth.”  So writes Dr. Ron Wolfson, one of Reform Judaism’s leading visionaries and inspirational authors, whom we are honored to welcome as our BJBE scholar-in-residence on the weekend of November 5-7, 2010.

Questions 5 and 6: When you look at your life, did you get your priorities straight?  What did you live to do?

What matters to you?  If you want a clue, think about how you spend your time each day, each week. … Are the things you spend the most time on things that matter most? … Understanding what matters to you will lead you to a life that matters.

The Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven, page 87

“When you get to heaven, you’ll be asked Seven Questions… that reveal how you lived your life on earth.”  So writes Dr. Ron Wolfson, one of Reform Judaism’s leading visionaries and inspirational authors, whom we are honored to welcome as our BJBE scholar-in-residence on the weekend of November 5-7, 2010.

Question 4: Did you have hope in your heart?

“A life lived in fear limits us; a life lived in hope empowers us.”

The Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven, page 70

On Erev Rosh Hashanah this year, I talked about how the way we tell our life’s story will shape the way we live.  All of us make mistakes and experience failure from time to time.  But if we focus on the failures so much that we make them the defining moments of our story, we will inevitably come to fear that we are incapable of succeeding.  Fear is a powerful emotion; it can paralyze us, preventing us from taking the risks and making the changes necessary in order to be happy. 

“When you get to heaven, you’ll be asked Seven Questions… that reveal how you lived your life on earth.”  So writes Dr. Ron Wolfson, one of Reform Judaism’s leading visionaries and inspirational authors, whom we are honored to welcome as our BJBE scholar-in-residence on the weekend of November 5-7, 2010. 

Question 3: How are you learning?

 Family is your greatest teacher.