Overlapping Stories
Friday evening was the start of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), Shabbat, and the 25th anniversary of 9/11. What does it mean when a day of celebrating new beginnings, the day of rest after a week of creative work, and the memorial of death and destruction coincide?
Perhaps this is a day of remembrance, a day to reach out to loved ones, as well as a day to understand the power of courage and love in the face of hate. The world is presenting us with an opportunity to learn how to balance courage and fear, love and pain, rest and work, and endings with new beginnings. It is a challenge to accept the many paradoxes that surround us on a daily basis. But it is our ability to flow between dichotomies that makes life possible.
Wishing you the blessing of peace, health, and love today and all year. Shabbat Shalom