Well, with the kids out of school, we've become professionals on determining which attacks we can see and which direction. It's like the Fourth of July... every day... several times a day!
Baruch Hashem we've only been targeted once, with the rest all around us. My wife is a bit insulted that we're clearly not important enough to try to kill....
"Not with you alone do I make this covenant and this oath, but with him who stands here with us this day before Hashem our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day" (Devarim 29: 13).
I was recently listening to a talk given by Rav Reuven Leuchter on preparing for Rosh Hashana (which by the way is really, really soon if you haven't noticed). In it, he made a very simple statement, but also one that is quite powerful. Basically, he "reminded us" that we, as a nation, are not simply another nation in this world which is better, intellectually or spiritually, than all other nations. We're not. In fact, we're not even part of this world. We live in it, we deal in it, but our existence is not within it. It's our job to not live in this world, but rather live in Hashem's world.
He explained that when a person goes to the "Bible Belt," we will often hear "G-d was with me." What does that mean? It means that I wanted to do something or have something, and G-d came into my world and took care of it for me. While this is all nice and good, this is not what our essence is. What we want is to be part of Hashem's world. He has a world. He has a purpose for it. He has a nation to live within it and fulfill that purpose. It's our job to work in His world and when we ask for things like life, health, and prosperity, we don't do so in order to simply take part of the world in general, rather we do so, so we can have the proper tools to fulfill our duties easily. We go into Hashem's world and say, "in order to succeed in our mission, we need this and that."
It's no different than a soldier going to the quartermaster with a list of equipment and weapons that he needs. He doesn't need it for himself, rather he needs it to fulfill his mission to the army and country.
With this mindset, we have a better focus on how to daven on Rosh Hashana. We're not asking for our needs simply in order to enjoy life, but rather we are asking for the tools that we need in order to accomplish our mission at hand.
With this, I wish you all an enjoyable Shabbos.