What use is a spiritual mentor if you're an empty vessel ?
Somewhere in a midrash it describes how during the plague of darkness the darkness was so thick that the Egyptians were unable to move around. That’s how I feel, spiritually. I feel like the darkness is so thick that I cannot move an inch.
Remember that there is a higher reality in the world. The material here and now is not all there is. Nobody can ever be perfect in the material world, but we darn well can live life with purpose and with meaning.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Mermaid Esther: An Astonishing Fire has been shortlisted for the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival
Maybe you're breaking down because you're breaking open because there's a new you inside that's shrieking to come out.
This hakhel year, I want to build a real, in person community like I always imagined.
I've imagined and caught slivers of miracles. But I want a full-blown miracle.