#adar #simcha #relatioships

The Jewish month of Adar, the month that Purim is in is a month of joy. Adar means strength. It comes from the word ad which means strength. When we find the strength to be ourselves, the best version of ourselves, the most proud version of ourselves even at difficult moments, which means we aren't responding to circumstances. We are showing up as our best selves in any circumstance. We have stability and with that stability we have joy. We have simra. When we get to be ourselves not because of where we are, because of the circumstances, but because of who we are, we have joy. We have simha. When we show up in our marriage, in our relationships, to our responsibilities with strength, with identity, rather than trying to look to gain strength from circumstances and then wait for disappointment. When we do that, we have endless joy.