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Choosing Joy
When I was a young woman, in my first year of college, I was raped and ended up in the ICU. This event marked my life in an indelible way. At one point I had to decide to choose to let it destroy all joy and hope in my life, or to simply accept that it happened and that I would have a good and joyous life anyway. I am now the happiest person I know, although I am a woman of strong feelings and impulsive behavior. :-) This prayer by a Jewish rabbi is lovely:
May we discover through pain and torment,
the strength to live with grace and humor.
May we discover through doubt and anguish,
the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear,
the strength to move toward healing.
May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.
May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.
And if this cannot be so, may we find in this transformation and passage
moments of meaning, opportunities for love
and the deep and gracious calm that comes
when we allow ourselves to move on.
the strength to live with grace and humor.
May we discover through doubt and anguish,
the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear,
the strength to move toward healing.
May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.
May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.
And if this cannot be so, may we find in this transformation and passage
moments of meaning, opportunities for love
and the deep and gracious calm that comes
when we allow ourselves to move on.
- Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
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What a beautiful, beautiful prayer.
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Those are good words to live by...
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Good prayer, and working through the pain towards joy is something I am struggling to integrate. Margo
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It is hard to do but so necessary to choose joy!
Traci
8/3/06 5:43 PM
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