Together, A Poem for the World

Dear Friends,

The California Regional Center system has my heart, now more than ever. My first and most profound social work job found me at the Regional Center of the East Bay. So the mass shootings earlier this week at the Inland Regional Center leave me shaken. I have too much to say about blaming Muslims, "religious extremists," or Obama, and the like...None of it good. We need to come together - drop our differing political and religious labels and rhetoric, stop blaming any one group or any one thing for problems that are incredibly monstrous. We have to unify to make this world kinder and more fair. It is, afterall, what we all want.

Judaism emphasizes "Tikkun Olam" (pronounced ti-koon oh-lawm). This means a healed world. We not only pray for this, but we work daily - in small and larger ways - to bring about peace on earth. 
Love to you.
-------------------------------------------(I wrote and posted this poem several years ago.)

Together: A Poem for the World
 
Blessings for healing
Of body and mind
Freedom from hurdles 
That stall and confine

The urge to laugh
A surge of will
To savor breath 
in moments still

May bursts of hope
Feed hardened souls
And broken bits
Grow into wholes

Violence quelled by rising care
A shift towards what's just and fair

May dreams be held and given birth
That none shall doubt their precious worth.

May love pervade
All life, renew
Wounds be healed
and scars be few.

The world so huge
My role so small


Together, may we do it all.