French la Vie

sacred heart. 

 

https://www.amnesty.org/en/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/demand-a-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-civilian-suffering/?fbclid=PAAaZ4y8qkViPYNJ_awYY7S9zUGKhEFLAlTP1eVbF2XIoeb9N66gAdQKxU6vw_aem_AaELWK-rAwGCdMKA9eTfSbQ-nyqmO5B0JXLHiJvNsfBDyLut74Ibq8po6vCoVOAUNJ8

 

My cousin Robin sent me this:

"Taking Sides"

Today I am taking sides.

I am taking the side of Peace.

Peace, which I will not abandon

even when its voice is drowned out

by hurt and hatred,

bitterness of loss,

cries of right and wrong.

I am taking the side of Peace

whose name has barely been spoken

in this winnerless war.

I will hold Peace in my arms,

and share my body’s breath,

lest Peace be added

to the body count.

I will call for de-escalation

even when I want nothing more

than to get even.

I will do it

in the service of Peace.

I will make a clearing

in the overgrown

thicket of cause and effect

so Peace can breathe

for a minute

and reach for the sky.

I will do what I must

to save the life of Peace.

I will breathe through tears.

I will swallow pride.

I will bite my tongue.

I will offer love

without testing for deservingness.

So don’t ask me to wave a flag today

unless it is the flag of Peace.

Don’t ask me to sing an anthem

unless it is a song of Peace.

Don’t ask me to take sides

unless it is the side of Peace.

– Rabbi Irwin Keller, Oct. 17, 2023