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Tag Archives: BlogElul
#blogElul 2017 – Day 18: Ask
Praying is asking humbly for help. Preface with please always follow with gratitude. Please God watch over my child. Please God help me breathe. Please God free me from rage. Please God lift hatred and fear. Please God let me … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Poems, Prayer Poems
Tagged Achat Sha'alti, ask, BlogElul, Elul, fear, guide my steps, hatred, humility, prayer, Psalm 27, rage
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 17: Awaken
Last night I was too tired to contemplate consciousness no energy even for a short spate of curiosity a brief burst of energy required for cogitation though I have dreamt of waking with clarity able to articulate avenues of action … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Poems
Tagged amygdala, awaken, awaken to new hopes, BlogElul, contemplate consciousness, crevasse, deafening demons, Elul, PTSD, rage's escutcheon, reckoning with rage
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 16: Pray
I thank you, God, for all these things: For my baby; my brilliant, beautiful baby from whom Your light emanates. Thank you for Your gentle ruach that created her miraculous entry … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Poems, Prayer Poems
Tagged baby, Bashert, BlogElul, community, Elul, family, God, guide her steps, Modim Anachnu Lach, Pray, rage, ruach
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 15: Intend
I intended to write a contemplative piece tonight Instead I am spent – physically and emotionally After two days of a journey to visit my elders Three beloved women, all in … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Jewish, Judaism, My Mama, Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged beloved, BlogElul, Cry, Elders, Elul, Emotions, Generation of Elders, Hug someone, intend, wax poetic, Women
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 14: Learn
Learning is my passion As it was for my mother before me As it is for my daughter after me. Matters intellectual fascinate me Science, though unfathomable, sparks my brain … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Jewish, Judaism, Observations, Poems
Tagged anxiety, baby steps, BlogElul, curiosity, Elul, enervating, guide my steps, learn, mistakes, starting afresh, upward spiral
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 13: Remember*
Humility/Anavah* Don’t think too much of myself Don’t think too little of myself. Patience/Savlanut* Patience truly is a virtue I need it. Gratitude/Hakarat Ha’tov* I am grateful for God I am grateful to God. Compassion/Rachamim* Compassion is instinctual Not toward … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Mussar, Poems
Tagged #compassion, #gratitude, #lovingkindness, BlogElul, Breathe, Elul, Equanimity, faith, Generosite, honor, humility, Mussar, Patience, remember, Simplicity, Soul traits, trust, Truth
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 12: Count
Too many times My child couldn’t count on me To hold my temper To count to ten. Too many times My spouse couldn’t count on me To not snap To take a breath. Too many times Drivers who got in … Continue reading
#blogElul 2017 – Day 11: Trust
I like to think of myself as trustworthy, a stalwart ally, omnipresent in times of need. Truth be told too many times my actions have eroded others’ trust in me. How can one have faith in a sibling, a parent, … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Jewish, Judaism, Poems
Tagged BlogElul, Elul, faith, guide my steps, peace, Please God, rage run amok, trust, trustworthy
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 10: Forgive
If asking for forgiveness during these holy days leading to even holier days is a requirement is there meaning in the act? Isn’t it more honorable to apologize close to the event where one has hurt someone instead of racking … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Poems, self-loathing
Tagged BlogElul, contrition, forgive, harm, holy days, intent, Ken y'hi ratzon, sacred season, salve the soul, self, suffering, Yamim Noraim
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#blogElul 2017 – Elul 9: See
There is seeing and there is seeing. Glancing versus observing. Scanning versus scrutinizing. In moments of anger/angst I have avoided, evaded eluded, deluded but rarely, if ever, denuded. Viewing rage’s effects only on self is an empty exercise creating a … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Grieving, Jewish, Judaism, Poems, self-loathing
Tagged #lovingkindness, anger, angst, atone, BlogElul, Elul, havoc, open my eyes, rage, see, squander trust
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