Season of Mending, Rosh Hashana

[Lisa Walford]

The Jewish High Holy days begin this evening, on the even of the New Moon. As a youth, I was never introduced to this rich heritage, even though it was at the root of my grandparents experience of life and living. When my mother died, I attended my fist morning at temple. It was wonderful to sit with a group of dedicated seekers to share in sacred space. Denise Kaufman was largely responsible, and I thank her. Here in Oregon, there is very little of this heritage, and that is OK. To sit with the sun, sea, forest, herons, eagles, deer and seals is its own sacred event. 

I still hold dear the Jewish calendar. 

Robbi Nester is a local Southern California poet, educator, and yogi. She is a member of our yoga shala as well. I love discovering her poems when she posts them. This one speaks so richly of the Jewish Tukkun Olam, repairing or mending the world. Through acts of kindness, generosity, simple things that bring a sense of justice, order, love and healing, we repair the world. Thank you Robbi, for this wonderful poem! 

Happy New Year! Shanah Tova! May you have a good year! May we all have a good year!    

  All my life, I ‘ve left a trail of broken things –

 first mangled toys, lost game pieces, missing

 cards, then bungled knitting, fallen

 cakes, buttons that won’t

 stay sewn.  Relationships as well

 break down: harsh words can’t

 be unsaid; candor cools lifelong alliances.

 At first, I never tried to fix such breaks,

 just moved on, hoping for better luck.

 Now, buried in the drifts of what

 I’ve left behind, I turn to mending.

 From the drain, I extract

 a lost earring, from a pile

 of papers a letter I meant to send

 but never did. I apologize

 for everything I said or didn’t,

 for not expressing what I felt

 or speaking when I shouldn’t have.

 With these small gestures, let me

 mend the past, repair the world.  

https://www.robbinester.net/

[Lisa Walford]

Take care of yourself!

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024, 5:55 PM Robbi Nester <rkne...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks so much for sharing my poem! As it turns out, my husband tested positive for COVID, so I can’t go sing in the choir. I will have to watch it on livestream.

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