Topic Tags: prayer

“When we expect sweetness to be given / to us from above instead of doing the work  / ourselves to make our lives sweeter?”

” “Words. Waiting / for souls to emerge / chiseled and clean.”

“I chant the Shema, eyes ablaze, riveted on the N’er Tamid, give thanks / for my inheritance, my life…”

An interpretive Amidah ideal for an outdoor or other abbreviated service.

“But that’s how it is with Sages– you never know where they’ll turn up.”

“I was certain I’d never be Sarah ema, the matriarch  / It’s no secret, I laughed at the messengers…”

“Undone and mystified by divine reason, we bask in the source of all things who watches us create fragile wings of our own.”

“I’m old and a girl and no one told me My brain is weird But, apparently, it is  And always was. “

These new morning blessings celebrate bodily and cognitive diversity.

A perfect prayer when you’re seeking calm.