A Moment in Time: An Orlando Reflection – We Keep Moving

Last Sunday, after learning about the massacre in Orlando, I took a long walk.  I was desperate to find perspective in the wake of such tragedy. 

Sometimes, it seems, we find in nature a response.  Not an answer, mind you.  But a response nonetheless. 

I noticed a snail making its way across a path.  I stopped and watched for a long while.  After ten minutes, the snail moved a fraction of an inch. 

But it moved. 
And it kept on moving.

Folks, we have a long journey before us.  We don’t find justice by standing still.  We won’t eradicate hate by planting our feet in the ground.  We can’t effectuate change by abandoning our focus.

We move.
And we keep moving.

Every moment in time – we keep moving a little more.

With love and shalom,

Rabbi Zach Shapiro