Remember
from Elijah
What do we heal with . . . we heal with mercy. And how deep is our — memory. Two pieces.
Elijah (‘Od Yavo) Open the door onto Elijah He sits with our Beloveds Missing at our Table He welcomes them Now Around our table A glimpse The door opens in Quiet Through the Threshold We welcome them Remember Missing here Welcomed there j/sg We Heal With Mercy (from Vigil) We will grieve losses a long time work the trauma history embedded in our stories if we understand we have to tell others what it’s like to be us and when other people understand us we will understand others better how history exhales with every breath we inhale we will be precise with mystery language treat each other with kindness above all kindness and gentleness and understanding and respect and without judgment without judgment most of all pick ourselves up and ease off the pain it’s a narrow bridge we do not add to the hurt be easy on ourselves for not knowing for not having known for having done this or not done that what we carry from the past heavy sacred hard hearted we have to treat ourselves with kindness and with mercy because it’s right and we need to heal and we only heal with mercy.



So much wisdom here. Easier said than done not to judge.