#shalom — Public Fediverse posts

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

I meant to share this at the start of the new year, and then the days got away from me.

Which turns out to be fitting, because the word I chose is not one that expires.

My word for this year is shalom. Peace and here is what most people do not know about it. Shalom does not only mean peace the way English means it, the absence of fighting. The root carries the idea of wholeness. Something complete, with nothing missing. That is why we use the same word to greet someone and to say goodbye. We are not just wishing quiet on them. We are wishing them whole.

I do not need to tell you why I chose it this year.

But I want to say clearly that I did not choose it as a wish for something far away and political. I chose it for the smaller version too. Peace in a home. Peace in a body that has been through things. Peace between two people who stopped speaking. The kind you can actually build.

So a few days late, and no less sincere: shalom. May this year bring you the whole version.

#Hebrew #Shalom

The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

" BoyGeorge hat mit »We Will Dance Again« einen neuen, mit Künstlicher Intelligenz produzierten Song veröffentlicht, in dem er sich mit Israel und den Juden solidarisch zeigt. Der Titel greift den Satz »We will dance again« auf, der nach dem Hamas-Massaker auf dem Nova-Musikfestival zu einem Symbol für Widerstandskraft und Hoffnung geworden ist." https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/kultur/boy-george-veroeffentlicht-israelsolidarischen-song-we-will-dance-again/ #Shalom #WeWillDanceAgain #Nova #Israel #Juden #Hamas #Gaza #Antisemitismus #Politik #LGBTQ #Queer #BoyGeorge #Musik