Letter from Liz

Dear Ones,

I hope this letter finds you experiencing שׁלום, a great peace, but I fear this may not be the case if the present day is any indication. I want to bless you with great strength of conviction, courage, and humanity as you journey forward.

Please do not glorify us people of the past as heroes who possessed some kind of superhuman bravery that is not available to each and every one of yourselves.

The Powers tell history that way in order to make you think that past progress was inevitable, to paint prior movements as teleological, while discouraging those in the present moment to stand up, to see yourselves as being just as capable of altering the course of time.

Neither should you curse us over much for leaving the world in the state that you found it: I express my heartfelt apology to you, but I also want you to know that we did the best we could while maintaining meaningful human relationships, commuting to work every day without enough time for rest in order to pay our rents and mortgages, eating potlucks with our friends, and petting our cats as much as they wanted to be petted.

May you be happy,
may you be healthy,
may you be safe from harm,
may you be gentle with yourselves,
may you lead lives of love.

Don’t get lost in the sauce, my friends, and please feel my rays and waves of genuine אַהֲבָה love, emanating to you from the past.

Yours sincerely,

Liz