L'Chaim!

Now what I am commanding you today
is not too difficult for you
or beyond your reach.
It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask,
"Who will ascend into heaven to get it
and proclaim it to us
so we may obey it?"
Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask,
"Who will cross the sea to get it
and proclaim it to us
so we may obey it?"
No, the word is very near you;
it is in your mouth
and in your heart
so you may obey it.
See, I set before you today life and prosperity,
death and destruction.
For I command you today to love the LORD your GOD,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commands, decrees and laws;
then you will live and increase,
and the LORD your GOD will bless you
in the land you are entering to possess.
But if your heart turns away
and you are not obedient,
and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods
and worship them,
I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.
You will not live long in the land
you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you
that I have set before you life and death,
blessings and curses.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
and that you may love the LORD your GOD,
listen to his voice,
and hold fast to him.
For the LORD is your life,
and he will give you many years in the land
he swore to give to your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
~ Deuteronomy 30