[HANASHIR:10660] Re: A New Month

[Ilana and Mark Axel <axelsinchicago...>]

Thank you for the beautiful meditation Gayle - it;s
going with me to our Rosh Hodesh tonight, Ilana Axel
--- Gayle and Barry Joseph <4health (at) concentric(dot)net>
wrote:
> For putting up with my rant, and for all of you who
> behind the scenes
> answered and counseled...  I thank you.  I'm ready
> to take on the world
> again in a much better light, though your counsel
> was not the goal.  The
> goal was to make sure that anyone who is eager and
> willing to share
> themselves musically with their congregation is
> given that chance - they
> deserve that chance.
> 
> I seem to remember an e-mail last year after many of
> you got back from Hava
> Nashira.  It said that we are supposed to share with
> each other something
> good in our lives on Rosh Chodesh.   Here is an
> opening prayer that I just
> wrote for my Rosh Chodesh group tomorrow night.  Ok,
> it's not music, and
> it's not one of those Lupert masterpieces, but maybe
> it will hit home for
> one or more of you - bring something forward that
> you'd want to share - and
> for the others, there's always the delete button.
> 
> 
> Meditation on the New Moon
> 
> Behold the New Moon -
> A new month to start fresh,
> An old month to savor in memory.
> 
> We take a moment to pause, reflect and praise,
> For in this moment our lives begin anew.
> 
> In this moment we forgive ourselves;
> For not living up to our own expectations,
> For not speaking up when we wanted desperately to be
> heard,
> For reacting harshly when a calming soul was needed.
> 
> In this moment we praise ourselves;
> For acting lovingly and giving of ourselves to
> others,
> For embracing life and joyously living,
> For creating a sacred space within our heart.
> 
> In the darkness of the sky we can see eternity.
> We are ready to begin the cycle again.
> With a steady hand and a loving heart,
> Carving the new month into the clay of our lives.
> 
> 
> B'Shalom,
> Gayle Joseph
> 
> 
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