Inspiration from the Siddur

The Heavens and the Earth, and All They Contain, Were Completed

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Ah, life seems so erratic and incomplete, often meaningless. Things don’t go our way. Our dreams don’t come true. Yet if we tap into the energy of the universe, we do indeed find many hints of solidarity. Seeming circumstances of our lives connect to other events in mysterious ways. Even in the presence of tragedy and evil, there seems to be a unified yearning, in nature and in humanity, towards the Divine. There’s nothing new under the sun seems like a cynical statement, but it can also be a comfort that all is well, as it should be, and that we can count on the cycles of nature to nurture and sustain us.