Tag: mental-health
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Sitting With Suffering
At sunrise, the sun illumines the brilliant red leaves of our maples. It is a cooler day of sun and cloud, the breeze producing brief showers of leaves from the trees. We’ve moved the overwintering plants into the house and this morning I wander room to room with a watering can. I’m reading through Natalie…
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Imagining Rosh Hashanah
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” -widely attributed to Rabbi Tarfon who lived in the generation following the destruction of the second temple. I am…
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The Gift of Grief
This morning brought bright sunshine, clear skies, and an abundance of birds and song. Yesterday’s rain awakened the world into vibrant colour. Now the breeze and some clouds have arrived and the day turned chill. As the trees around our house have come increasingly into leaf, we have more bird visits to the yard. There…
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Schoolyard Justice
This morning, a rich spring rain, beginning slowly, softly, then transitioning to something more determined, more persistent. The rain and fog dampens the colours blooming into a awakening landscape as a sea breeze dances the as yet only thinly leaved branches. While it is abundantly spring here on the coast, go far enough inland and…
