Elevation is a choice. There is so much that we can "upcycle" and use to help us serve G-d better. I'm not saying you have to, but you can.
What will you do with all of this outrageous beauty?
Brown's memoir is good. It would be reassuring to parents and siblings of autistic children, and is especially helpful in cultivating compassion in outsiders for the families of autistic children.
I spent a year with Chabad Hasidim in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I exulted, starkly disagreed, and considered glorious possibilities—often in the same moment.
We changed our lives because of what you told us Judaism stood for. Now we're waiting for you.
Restore I/Me/Us/We to our natural state.
Remind I/Me/Us/We that all we actually do is vibrate.
We were once revolutionaries. But somewhere along the road, we became conformists. Here's why and what we can do to change the world in the way we hoped.
I am elemental-celestial, fashioned by the hands of my ancestors from their very own prayers and bones.