Song of today, <\/span><\/b><\/p> sung in remembrance of yesterday <\/span><\/b><\/p> and in anticipation of tomorrow.<\/span><\/b><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> Good morning, dear relations, in every dimension, every direction, every context.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>To every being, every idea and every object I am connected to<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I wish you new beginnings, new hope, a new year.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Shana Tova.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> This morning when I woke, you were the first thing on my mind.\u00a0 <\/span>My wife, my brother,<\/span><\/p> my sisters, my children and grandchildren and the grandchildren of my grandchildren,<\/span><\/p> my forbearers and my ancestors \u2013<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>maternal and paternal ancestors; intellectual, spiritual and cultural forebearers.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> Today, on the Sunday that comes between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur –<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Between hope for tomorrow\u2019s mitzvah and repentance for yesterday\u2019s sin –<\/span><\/p> Today I especially remember my parents, and also my maternal grandmother, Marie.<\/span><\/p> (She was the only grandparent I got to know as an adult, who I counted as a friend.)<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> Yesterday, we dodged a hurricane.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, the sun is shining, the winds have calmed.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, I will visit my parents\u2019 grave and my grandmothers grave.<\/span><\/p> It will be easy today to remember<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>that the light that illuminates my life, in good years and bad,<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>was kindled in me, nurtured in me, bequeathed to me<\/span><\/p> by Hilary, by Ruth Anna and by Marie.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> Today, I go with reverence to a spiritual place,<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>to a cemetery consecrated to the religion of my ancestors (some of them),<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>but the light that guides me stands against every tradition, every dogma, every fixed point in the endless universe.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, I celebrate the inner revolution on which all public revolution depends.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today,<\/span><\/p> I acknowledge the wondrous freedom I learned from my family:<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Freedom to think outside the box, to live outside the box and to love outside the box.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Freedom to change my mind as many times as there are days in my life.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p> Today, as I go to visit my parents, to wish them Shana Tova,<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I remind myself what they taught me:<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A single spark can start a prairie fire.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The people, united, can never be defeated.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The highest good is like water.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>And Coke is the Drink of the Death Squads!<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> Happy New Year brother, sisters, in-laws, children, comrades, friends and lovers.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year parents and grandparents and all the parents and grandparents of parents and grandparents!<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year Planet Earth!\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year plants and animals!\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year fire, water, air and matter!<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year Sun, Moon and Stars!\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year big ideas and small steps!<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Happy New Year Play and Happy New Year Piffling!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> These days, it is not always easy to approach the world with hope, with happiness. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Many days<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s hard to just pay attention.<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, remembering all of you<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, remembering Hilary, Ruth Anna and Marie<\/span><\/p> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Today, in the bright sunshine<\/span><\/p> For one day, at least,<\/span><\/p> <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/span>There is joy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Song of today, sung in remembrance of yesterday and in anticipation of tomorrow. \u00a0 Good morning, dear relations, in every dimension, every direction, every context. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To every being, every idea and every object I am connected to \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I wish you new beginnings, new hope, a new year. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shana Tova. \u00a0 This morning … Continue reading Shana 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