The hardest part about dealing with the "Bad Guys" of this world are many.
(1) Unlike what TV, movie and other mediums have taught, the "Bad Guys" are not usually ugly, unliked, unlikable, or dirty. In fact, more times that not they are usually, handsome or beautiful, well liked, friendly, and clean!
(2) The "Bad Guys" are usually complex as well. They may have very good sides to them. The rest of their behavior may almost seem to contradict one's mind from thinking this person is bad (for me!).
However, the hardest part of dealing with hurtful people is the slow reaction and then the great hysterics that accompany the final, long awaited action.
Many -usually women- who have been through abuse of any kind -and I'm talking abuse by a partner, by enablers, by media calling them names and shaming them before an international audience- have to work their way through the rationalization that "this didn't just happen to me" "surely I'm reading this wrong"
After however many days, months, years it takes to get over the denial and finally act, there is so much pent up rage waiting to unleash that the 'victim' no matter how righteous she/he is, comes off seeming ridiculously over reacting!
This can come out looking bad to a therapist. The Therapist may not understand this and somehow find more calming, bonding to the abuser who's controlled and calm. Somehow the person/victim/survivor has to find it in themselves the knowledge that they ARE right and understand that they may not be behaving rationally at the moment, but this is the energy force that they need to propel themselves to make things better for themselves.
I like (most) of the changes in BW that I am seeing in blogosphere. I pray that somehow-even though we are not a monolith, as I hear time and time again- that somehow we do learn to bond -as we are bonded no matter what anyway- in a positive, supportive, and beneficial way to each other.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Couldn't resist!
It just occurred to me to check YouTube for this song! I sing it so much to all my family members -just change the "my girl" to Rina, Yael, Avi, and even "Papa". (yep, we call each other mama and papa LOL --sometimes!)
Such good music. Sigh.
Such good music. Sigh.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Be Back Soon...
Hey all,
Haven't been able to post about 'nothin these days. I've been too busy gearing up for my little Rina's trip to the doctor. More later...
Meanwhile, here is some interesting stuff used here in Israel:
Some Psalms book have a section in which it tells you which psalms are more propitious for what. For example: Psalms said mostly for recovery from illness: Psalms:6, 13, 20, 22, 23, 30, 32, 38, 41, 51, 86, 88, 91, 102, 103, 121, 130, 142, and 143
While all Psalms are really fine for everything. Its just interesting why they have these designated prayer section in their book. Although I know for me, when I am saying Psalms, I do get hesitant over this one particular one. I can't remember which is it at the moment, but its the one in which David says to check him out and judge him because he's clean'. Can I dare say those words?! Will God take me seriously?
Anyway, That was my critical review.
Take care!
Haven't been able to post about 'nothin these days. I've been too busy gearing up for my little Rina's trip to the doctor. More later...
Meanwhile, here is some interesting stuff used here in Israel:
Some Psalms book have a section in which it tells you which psalms are more propitious for what. For example: Psalms said mostly for recovery from illness: Psalms:6, 13, 20, 22, 23, 30, 32, 38, 41, 51, 86, 88, 91, 102, 103, 121, 130, 142, and 143
While all Psalms are really fine for everything. Its just interesting why they have these designated prayer section in their book. Although I know for me, when I am saying Psalms, I do get hesitant over this one particular one. I can't remember which is it at the moment, but its the one in which David says to check him out and judge him because he's clean'. Can I dare say those words?! Will God take me seriously?
Anyway, That was my critical review.
Take care!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
The Black Man and the Black Woman
FLASHBACK
I remember my heart pounding. We're sitting ducks. I'm a sitting duck. It was just us kids around, me, my oldest, but suicidal brother, my one-year older than me brother, and the twin babies. There were no adults in the house. Save Mr Perp. Mr Perp always waited til we were alone to make his move. He just loved to 'babysit' us. That way he had good access -to me!
My heart pounded as I waited in hiding as he searched around the house for me. He kept calling my name out. My good little girl sense kept telling me: "an adult is calling, I must respond!" but at the same time my lone survivor voice kept saying, "don't you go to that weirdo!" and so these voice raged on in my head with every room Mr. Perp ransacked looking for me. He was getting angrier and angrier at each thrashing!
All my siblings were downstairs outside playing. How could I get to them, I worried. Finally, the moment I feared became! With a quick swift push of the bed, he found me cowering under there. With vengeful anger he grabbed my arm and dragged me to my parents bedroom. "no!" "NO!" I cried. Bitter bitter tears. Tears of an angry child unable to help herself, tears of frustration that this happens time and time again, Tears of anguish, where are my caretakers?! Where are those who love me?! I wailed unabashed! Perhaps a neighbor will care, I thought wildly.
In my parents room, he began to scold me for hiding from him. He called me all sorts of names. Then he raised that big ugly hand to strike me. I cringed in preparation. Somehow I wasn't as angry anymore. This, I could handle. I had trained myself so many times to be able to withstand physical pain. I used to hit myself over and over with anything I could find, anything that struck me with fear. Just so I'd get over my fear of pain. Somehow at 13 or 14, I knew in order for me to get anywhere in my situation, I had to be able to do it THROUGH or despite the pain.
His hand rose high. But that's where things changed.
"Don't hit my sister!" boomed a voice.
It was my brother. The one year older than me brother. My dear brother who hardly talks. He hardly spoke, I think, because of all the insults of how stupid, wrong, bad, etc that he is that gets thrown at him daily. When he did talk, you could tell it could be loud, but you would always hear the suppression of that loudness in his voice. But this time, there was no suppressing it.
"Don't hit my sister!" He said again, more fiercely.
My tears became tears of joy. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. I got the strength to twist my arm out from Mr. Perp's as my brother dove in for the attack. they fought. The struggled moved on into another room. That day, I loved my brother with a love I never knew existed. It wasn't sexual, It more part motherly, but not. Part sisterly but more than that. A mixture of pride, love, surrender, confusion. I can't even explain it.
Then I usually remember myself and snap out of the flashback and try to live my life like a normal person. I'm a wife, mother, friend, sister, BW, Jew. No time to think about the past. I step up my pace in whatever I'm doing and flick away the insistent tear in one eye.
This is my life.
DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR BLACK MEN
This flashback came, courtesy of reading Black Women Vote! blog where in the comment section people were debating how should sex offenders be treated vs too many BF in the American (racist) prison system.
I couldn't put any real thoughts out because it was just too close to home. What to do with these people. Shoot them. Throw them to the dogs!
Indeed, it is a great problem, if not the number one problem in the black community. Too many crimes on the black women and children! Its exacerbated by a racist system that doesn't bat an eye when such reports come, and even barely report them to the general media.
Not to mention the subtle crimes that men do. Slithering into women's lives, as if. And the leaving them for another women -creating such an upheaval in the social structure of things, and not to mention babies in their wake.
The problem has escalated to the very degree that women need blogs to be "taught" that some men really ARE damaged beyond repair and are not worth entering their lives!
This reminds me of a saying. I don't remember exactly but something like: 'to be so in the dark, that one doesn't even KNOW that they are in the dark, is true darkness indeed!'
So, yes I must say that I am a firm believer of that term "Damaged beyond repair" (although, I must say that I think this could apply to women as well!). And its good to have this term for those who are still too involved or too close in such a situation, so that they can have a special name that reminds them exactly the essence of their 'problem'.
I know that those who are farther removed from the situation, feel a bit bothered by this term. But please; let me assure you, its a needed term. Just like rapist, abuser, killer, etc. Its something that's needed to counterbalance the overly used, and exhausted "brotha".
Many incidences like the one I mentioned above, led me to resolve that I didn't want to marry. Ever. All men were dogs and were out to hurt me. But the only flaw in my thinking was how to fit my brother in my hate theory.
THE SAINTS
Thank God for my brother. I truly believed that through God's mercy, and from reading and being changed by the Torah, the other positive thing that happened to me was remembering the deeds of my brother. All these things combined, gave me the strength and courage to want to marry again!
I could never know quite how to place my brother in my hate theory. All men are hateful. But how do I explain my brother? Where does he fit? So I came with an initial solution. I decided all men are hateful -EXCEPT my brother. lol Talk about mind games to keep a girl sane!
As life went on, I met more and more guys that I had to put into the 'My Brother the Exception' category. Finally, my theory just didn't really hold anymore. I had to -and had healed enough to be able to-say it: there are some pretty good guys out there.
One thing led to another and soon I found blog world.
FIGHTING BLACK WOMEN
I had distanced myself from people in general, because of my past. I had too many secrets to hold. Too many distrust. And I saw things too 'in reality' to be accepting of lies and hypocrisy. But the problem was: a bit of lying and hypocrisy seems to be need for society to function. And that made me a bit of an outcast. But I loved that position because it always gave me a good perspective, an objective perspective. I was free to question and think on my own, because I didn't belong to any clique or group. I had no loyalty to anything, save God.
From my observation, I see many struggling black women. Struggling with so so much. Forces outside: fighting negative images, control of incoming information, racism, colorism, social injustice. Fighting forces within: trying to learn to put Black Women first, struggling with what does that mean, what does it entail. And fighting each other over who's right.
All this fighting together to head in one beneficial direction for BW, and at the same time I hear that 'we are not a monolith'. I see borg behavior (we are the borg, prepare to be assimilated) and I see individualist theorist (there is no black community!). This is the 'energy' that is supposed to bring BW to their beneficial direction.
Anyway, one big topic these factions are all debating is: where does the black man fit into all this. Should we hate em?! Should we coddle him no matter what?! Should he be brought into the picture?! Should he be thrown in a jail without much sleep lost on our parts?!
ANSWERS
I wish I had answers. I have learned the hard way that joining cliques doesn't give the answer. It only takes away objectivity and the right to question and observe. Basically, it leads to a fear of man because one must fall in line with whatever label and definition of the label one is 'crowned' with for joining whatever group. Or loyalty will come into question if any questioning is made -thus effectively ending the exploratory and thinking part of a person.
I do know that I have a son. yes, he's in Israel. But one day he may choose to live in America. The chances are pretty likely. How will things be for him? Shouldn't I do my part to make things good for him as well as for my daughters. Does taking care of my daughters and myself, precludes caring for what happens to that dear brother of mine or my darling son?
Granted, I would want all Mr. Perps shot and killed. Okay sorry. I'd like them all put through the justice system. Oh, I'll be honest: shot and killed. LOL. But I do acknowledge that he's not the only type of black man out there.
So what to do? Fight for ourselves and throw a "bone" when no one is looking to our dear male ones?
THE JEWISH STRUGGLE
One thing that I hear in Judaism is that we should all write our own Torah. I have always mulled over that and wondered what it meant. Yes, there are rabbinical translation and interpretations already set for me to read and nod at (some say this means literally finding a sofer and having him write a sefer Torah for them, etc). But I still wonder what other interpretation could there be.
Women have not "written their own Torah" yet. For this reason, there are no formal prayer for being in labor, no formal prayer for when our menstruation comes or when it goes. That may not be a big deal for the non-Jewish world, For a Jew, that is a big deal because it decides when you can be with your husband or not. And, I must add, its pretty exciting when you know you can be together again! A prayer would seem fitting -as we pray about everything else -even just to put an apple in our mouths there is a prayer. There are no formal prayers when three women eat together as there is for Jewish men (these were noted by Chana Henkin, dean of Nishmat Yeshiva -a seminary for girls).
And rightly so!
I don't believe that all the men are sexists animals. I do believe that they felt very very VERY out of place to formulate a formal prayer for events they knew absolutely nothing about!
According to a book I read, Expecting Miracles, a Jewish book about the spiritual side of childbirth, one of the most widely bought book in pre-holocaust Europe was a Yiddish book made by women for women with prayers that they invented for themselves!
THE WANING MOON REVISITED
Previously I wrote about a saying. About the moon and how it complained to God that she and the sun could not both occupy and rule the sky. You can read that story here.
Well, that moon represented women. Yes, women who was made not from dust -like man- but from living flesh and bone. A very alive person so alive that they can bring forth more life. Like a portal between spiritual and physical! But she was diminished, as the story goes. But listen: God did not diminish the moon!
He simply said, 'okay so diminish yourself, if you think you can't rule side by side with the sun.'.
And as the story goes, It diminished itself. ITSELF. But one day, it will realized that it does need to rule. At least itself if nobody else. LOL. At that time it will blossom again to its full God-given Glory and rule! The story doesn't exactly say what happens to the sun. But that doesn't matter. Because once we begin to see that WE MUST RULE OURSELVES, the sun will take care of itself as it always did.
Anyway, I hope that made sense.
I remember my heart pounding. We're sitting ducks. I'm a sitting duck. It was just us kids around, me, my oldest, but suicidal brother, my one-year older than me brother, and the twin babies. There were no adults in the house. Save Mr Perp. Mr Perp always waited til we were alone to make his move. He just loved to 'babysit' us. That way he had good access -to me!
My heart pounded as I waited in hiding as he searched around the house for me. He kept calling my name out. My good little girl sense kept telling me: "an adult is calling, I must respond!" but at the same time my lone survivor voice kept saying, "don't you go to that weirdo!" and so these voice raged on in my head with every room Mr. Perp ransacked looking for me. He was getting angrier and angrier at each thrashing!
All my siblings were downstairs outside playing. How could I get to them, I worried. Finally, the moment I feared became! With a quick swift push of the bed, he found me cowering under there. With vengeful anger he grabbed my arm and dragged me to my parents bedroom. "no!" "NO!" I cried. Bitter bitter tears. Tears of an angry child unable to help herself, tears of frustration that this happens time and time again, Tears of anguish, where are my caretakers?! Where are those who love me?! I wailed unabashed! Perhaps a neighbor will care, I thought wildly.
In my parents room, he began to scold me for hiding from him. He called me all sorts of names. Then he raised that big ugly hand to strike me. I cringed in preparation. Somehow I wasn't as angry anymore. This, I could handle. I had trained myself so many times to be able to withstand physical pain. I used to hit myself over and over with anything I could find, anything that struck me with fear. Just so I'd get over my fear of pain. Somehow at 13 or 14, I knew in order for me to get anywhere in my situation, I had to be able to do it THROUGH or despite the pain.
His hand rose high. But that's where things changed.
"Don't hit my sister!" boomed a voice.
It was my brother. The one year older than me brother. My dear brother who hardly talks. He hardly spoke, I think, because of all the insults of how stupid, wrong, bad, etc that he is that gets thrown at him daily. When he did talk, you could tell it could be loud, but you would always hear the suppression of that loudness in his voice. But this time, there was no suppressing it.
"Don't hit my sister!" He said again, more fiercely.
My tears became tears of joy. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. I got the strength to twist my arm out from Mr. Perp's as my brother dove in for the attack. they fought. The struggled moved on into another room. That day, I loved my brother with a love I never knew existed. It wasn't sexual, It more part motherly, but not. Part sisterly but more than that. A mixture of pride, love, surrender, confusion. I can't even explain it.
Then I usually remember myself and snap out of the flashback and try to live my life like a normal person. I'm a wife, mother, friend, sister, BW, Jew. No time to think about the past. I step up my pace in whatever I'm doing and flick away the insistent tear in one eye.
This is my life.
DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR BLACK MEN
This flashback came, courtesy of reading Black Women Vote! blog where in the comment section people were debating how should sex offenders be treated vs too many BF in the American (racist) prison system.
I couldn't put any real thoughts out because it was just too close to home. What to do with these people. Shoot them. Throw them to the dogs!
Indeed, it is a great problem, if not the number one problem in the black community. Too many crimes on the black women and children! Its exacerbated by a racist system that doesn't bat an eye when such reports come, and even barely report them to the general media.
Not to mention the subtle crimes that men do. Slithering into women's lives, as if. And the leaving them for another women -creating such an upheaval in the social structure of things, and not to mention babies in their wake.
The problem has escalated to the very degree that women need blogs to be "taught" that some men really ARE damaged beyond repair and are not worth entering their lives!
This reminds me of a saying. I don't remember exactly but something like: 'to be so in the dark, that one doesn't even KNOW that they are in the dark, is true darkness indeed!'
So, yes I must say that I am a firm believer of that term "Damaged beyond repair" (although, I must say that I think this could apply to women as well!). And its good to have this term for those who are still too involved or too close in such a situation, so that they can have a special name that reminds them exactly the essence of their 'problem'.
I know that those who are farther removed from the situation, feel a bit bothered by this term. But please; let me assure you, its a needed term. Just like rapist, abuser, killer, etc. Its something that's needed to counterbalance the overly used, and exhausted "brotha".
Many incidences like the one I mentioned above, led me to resolve that I didn't want to marry. Ever. All men were dogs and were out to hurt me. But the only flaw in my thinking was how to fit my brother in my hate theory.
THE SAINTS
Thank God for my brother. I truly believed that through God's mercy, and from reading and being changed by the Torah, the other positive thing that happened to me was remembering the deeds of my brother. All these things combined, gave me the strength and courage to want to marry again!
I could never know quite how to place my brother in my hate theory. All men are hateful. But how do I explain my brother? Where does he fit? So I came with an initial solution. I decided all men are hateful -EXCEPT my brother. lol Talk about mind games to keep a girl sane!
As life went on, I met more and more guys that I had to put into the 'My Brother the Exception' category. Finally, my theory just didn't really hold anymore. I had to -and had healed enough to be able to-say it: there are some pretty good guys out there.
One thing led to another and soon I found blog world.
FIGHTING BLACK WOMEN
I had distanced myself from people in general, because of my past. I had too many secrets to hold. Too many distrust. And I saw things too 'in reality' to be accepting of lies and hypocrisy. But the problem was: a bit of lying and hypocrisy seems to be need for society to function. And that made me a bit of an outcast. But I loved that position because it always gave me a good perspective, an objective perspective. I was free to question and think on my own, because I didn't belong to any clique or group. I had no loyalty to anything, save God.
From my observation, I see many struggling black women. Struggling with so so much. Forces outside: fighting negative images, control of incoming information, racism, colorism, social injustice. Fighting forces within: trying to learn to put Black Women first, struggling with what does that mean, what does it entail. And fighting each other over who's right.
All this fighting together to head in one beneficial direction for BW, and at the same time I hear that 'we are not a monolith'. I see borg behavior (we are the borg, prepare to be assimilated) and I see individualist theorist (there is no black community!). This is the 'energy' that is supposed to bring BW to their beneficial direction.
Anyway, one big topic these factions are all debating is: where does the black man fit into all this. Should we hate em?! Should we coddle him no matter what?! Should he be brought into the picture?! Should he be thrown in a jail without much sleep lost on our parts?!
ANSWERS
I wish I had answers. I have learned the hard way that joining cliques doesn't give the answer. It only takes away objectivity and the right to question and observe. Basically, it leads to a fear of man because one must fall in line with whatever label and definition of the label one is 'crowned' with for joining whatever group. Or loyalty will come into question if any questioning is made -thus effectively ending the exploratory and thinking part of a person.
I do know that I have a son. yes, he's in Israel. But one day he may choose to live in America. The chances are pretty likely. How will things be for him? Shouldn't I do my part to make things good for him as well as for my daughters. Does taking care of my daughters and myself, precludes caring for what happens to that dear brother of mine or my darling son?
Granted, I would want all Mr. Perps shot and killed. Okay sorry. I'd like them all put through the justice system. Oh, I'll be honest: shot and killed. LOL. But I do acknowledge that he's not the only type of black man out there.
So what to do? Fight for ourselves and throw a "bone" when no one is looking to our dear male ones?
THE JEWISH STRUGGLE
One thing that I hear in Judaism is that we should all write our own Torah. I have always mulled over that and wondered what it meant. Yes, there are rabbinical translation and interpretations already set for me to read and nod at (some say this means literally finding a sofer and having him write a sefer Torah for them, etc). But I still wonder what other interpretation could there be.
Women have not "written their own Torah" yet. For this reason, there are no formal prayer for being in labor, no formal prayer for when our menstruation comes or when it goes. That may not be a big deal for the non-Jewish world, For a Jew, that is a big deal because it decides when you can be with your husband or not. And, I must add, its pretty exciting when you know you can be together again! A prayer would seem fitting -as we pray about everything else -even just to put an apple in our mouths there is a prayer. There are no formal prayers when three women eat together as there is for Jewish men (these were noted by Chana Henkin, dean of Nishmat Yeshiva -a seminary for girls).
And rightly so!
I don't believe that all the men are sexists animals. I do believe that they felt very very VERY out of place to formulate a formal prayer for events they knew absolutely nothing about!
According to a book I read, Expecting Miracles, a Jewish book about the spiritual side of childbirth, one of the most widely bought book in pre-holocaust Europe was a Yiddish book made by women for women with prayers that they invented for themselves!
THE WANING MOON REVISITED
Previously I wrote about a saying. About the moon and how it complained to God that she and the sun could not both occupy and rule the sky. You can read that story here.
Well, that moon represented women. Yes, women who was made not from dust -like man- but from living flesh and bone. A very alive person so alive that they can bring forth more life. Like a portal between spiritual and physical! But she was diminished, as the story goes. But listen: God did not diminish the moon!
He simply said, 'okay so diminish yourself, if you think you can't rule side by side with the sun.'.
And as the story goes, It diminished itself. ITSELF. But one day, it will realized that it does need to rule. At least itself if nobody else. LOL. At that time it will blossom again to its full God-given Glory and rule! The story doesn't exactly say what happens to the sun. But that doesn't matter. Because once we begin to see that WE MUST RULE OURSELVES, the sun will take care of itself as it always did.
Anyway, I hope that made sense.
The Black Man
What is it about the BM that evokes so much emotions in people on the blogosphere? its amazing! They are viewed either as damaged beyond repair to saints that need to be coddled whether they committed the most heinous crime or not, but is anyone taking the middle road?
more later...
more later...
Friday, January 18, 2008
Anatomy of a Search: The Power of a Hum
I once read a book by Rabbi Akiva Tatz which explained how Jewish people become religious. What motivates them, what blocks them mentally, what some look for as opposed to others. I wish that he was able to expand this into the Black community. I often wondered what would his research results say.
My guess is that BF are a very spiritual bunch. No matter what, or who, even if the person is a self proclaimed athiest, I suspect they'd have some sort of drive towards helping the world, or saving x, y, or z. or some cloaked spiritual drive in the guise of physically helping someone or something.
In history, since the time of slavery, you can read about how Harriet Tubman, for example, did what she did because she felt God was guiding her through voices. Or how people felt vindicated through the Bible. Or even just for sustaining themselves, how so many sang spiritual songs from the Old Testament events.
I am willing to bet that even before they were introduced to the Bible, BF were a spiritual bunch. If anyone can direct me as to where I can read about that era, I'd be so grateful!
At any rate, one beautiful thing that I must say I love about BF spirituality, is they way we hum. Throughout the day, I remember my mother humming away. You'd think there were no problems. I remember a black lady who was getting ready to give birth, how she hummed and hummed through the pain.
A few days ago, I almost fell off my chair with laughter as a Jewish lady came to me and said she wanted to share a secret with me and a bunch of other girls. She said, "my teacher taught me the secret of getting through the day!" Everyone hunched closer to hear this big secret. What was this secret? She says, "she says she hums!"
I smiled and looked down. Oh if only BF knew the beauty that they have. I'm not just talking what degree they have, how they look in the mirror. But these things that are so basic that it doesn't even get counted as beauty.
Having a psalm at the tip of your lips can uplift one's spirit so high! Humming a pleasant tune can give the heart so much energy. Its almost like an antidote to depression.
There is a part of Judaism that focuses on joy. (there are like so many different words for the many different types of joy one can feel: Gila, rina, ditza, hedvah, simcha, sasson, etc) And those who really push this part (The Breslovers) of Judaism, advocate humming!
But we have that already!
My guess is that BF are a very spiritual bunch. No matter what, or who, even if the person is a self proclaimed athiest, I suspect they'd have some sort of drive towards helping the world, or saving x, y, or z. or some cloaked spiritual drive in the guise of physically helping someone or something.
In history, since the time of slavery, you can read about how Harriet Tubman, for example, did what she did because she felt God was guiding her through voices. Or how people felt vindicated through the Bible. Or even just for sustaining themselves, how so many sang spiritual songs from the Old Testament events.
I am willing to bet that even before they were introduced to the Bible, BF were a spiritual bunch. If anyone can direct me as to where I can read about that era, I'd be so grateful!
At any rate, one beautiful thing that I must say I love about BF spirituality, is they way we hum. Throughout the day, I remember my mother humming away. You'd think there were no problems. I remember a black lady who was getting ready to give birth, how she hummed and hummed through the pain.
A few days ago, I almost fell off my chair with laughter as a Jewish lady came to me and said she wanted to share a secret with me and a bunch of other girls. She said, "my teacher taught me the secret of getting through the day!" Everyone hunched closer to hear this big secret. What was this secret? She says, "she says she hums!"
I smiled and looked down. Oh if only BF knew the beauty that they have. I'm not just talking what degree they have, how they look in the mirror. But these things that are so basic that it doesn't even get counted as beauty.
Having a psalm at the tip of your lips can uplift one's spirit so high! Humming a pleasant tune can give the heart so much energy. Its almost like an antidote to depression.
There is a part of Judaism that focuses on joy. (there are like so many different words for the many different types of joy one can feel: Gila, rina, ditza, hedvah, simcha, sasson, etc) And those who really push this part (The Breslovers) of Judaism, advocate humming!
But we have that already!
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