My grandson (5.8 years old; I have a spreadsheet... are you surprised?) has become enamored with the mitzvah of standing up for his parents and grandparents. I came home from work the other day and he made a point of making sure I saw him stand up for me when I walked into the living room. He further noted to me -- with a huge grin -- that he had heard me coming in the front door and so he ran to sit down specifically so he could stand up when I entered the room. Very cute; a real nachas moment. The next day I heard his mother asking him for the fourth/fifth/nth time to pick up his toys. She finally said with a bit of exasperation, "You know, listening to your mother is a mitzvah; and you told me how much you love doing mitzvos." His answered, "Mom... I love doing the mitzvos that I want to do." (Another nachas moment... but for different reasons, of course.) The famous medrash says that at the moment of truth, when Klal Yisrael was poised to accept the
This is a paraphrase of the pasuk in t'hillim 84:7 -- "mei'chayil el chayil" -- which means "from strength to strength". In this case, it is my thoughts and ideas to those who are strong enough to be interested :)