Begin Again?
*“Hey, you, begin again! Again? Again. Again, you’ll see it’s easy. Begin again.”*
*Grace Paley, author*
How easy is it to begin again?
Especially after the loss of a loved one, a financial downturn, a miscarriage, a cancer diagnosis?
How easy is it to begin again?
Not very easy.
And yet, at every moment, through every crisis, we are asked to begin again.
During the Days of Awe, the Jewish prayers remind us of the promise of teshuvah, the powerful possibility of return, renewal and repentance. We are asked to reroute and redirect our lives.
As Rosh Hashanah draws near, we think to ourselves, again? Please, God. Spare me the directions!
The directions come anyway like streams of light in a dark wooded sky.
In order to begin again, we must let go of what we imagined our life to be.
Every morning, I say goodbye to yesterday. I look into the dawn of the present daylight.
What choice do I have?
Shall I return to the deep, dark sleep of the night and stay hidden and
invisible?
Or, shall I dance into the music of life and step into the river of revelation?
I choose to begin again. What will you choose this year?
*Shanah tovah tikateivu,*
*May you be written into the Book of Life again!*
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