This Moment One Year Ago.
This Moment Next Year.
This Moment Right Now.
Dear all,
This photo popped up on my phone on March 2. I took it exactly one year prior, and it was the last time I was on a plane.
Now, I’m a huge commercial aviation fan. Since my youth, I would go out of my way to fly. So a year without being on a plane has not been easy.
But this year of pandemic has put so much into perspective. Some things that seemed so important at this moment one year ago just don’t seem quite so relevant today.
What is relevant?
The music I sing with by babies.
The time I nurtured with my father (ZL).
The walks I take with my husband.
The study I engage in with my congregation.
The light I feel when I pray.
Yes, we have all experienced loss: Loss of opportunities. Loss of loved ones. Loss of dreams. But take a moment in time to ask yourself where you were a year ago, before things began to implode. What did you gain during this strange year? And then ask yourself where you hope to be one year from now, when the world opens up once again.
Finally, ask yourself, “where am I, right now?”
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
