Friday, June 7. What a glorious morning, cool, and the bluest sky! We were dressed in jackets and sweaters, and the wind picked up as we walked, bringing in clouds – this time of year on a Great Lake, you feel the lake’s presence, even on the heights above it!
Sivan is a beautiful month, a month of roses and peonies, and trees in flower and setting fruit. At my house we have robins in the shadbush tree just outside our windows, fighting over berry rights. Our walking group talked about Sivan as a month of creativity, in its rightful sense as a receiving of divine inspiration. Just as we received the Torah at Sinai, commemorated in our Sivan holiday Shavuot, we receive the energy and power and beauty of the universe, flowing through us as we create. Whether we make art or music or write, nurture children or a garden, host friends for dinner or warm conversation – our creativity makes us human, and links us to the divine. We are inspired with the ideas we receive, and we are given the strength and artistry to carry them through. The result is truly praise for G-d and the Universe.
The ugliness and evil in our world can overcome us if we allow it. It is difficult to imagine pouring forth our selves in creation. But this month especially, we are commanded to do so, in praise and in joy — and in so doing, to help each other, and create the setting and energy for a better world. May it be so, Chodesh Tov! — K. Miriam
Our next walking meditation will honor the month of Tamuz, Sunday, July 7, 8:30 am. Rain or shine! Contact us for location.
Rosh Chodesh Cleveland 