Anniversay of 911

The Jewish word for God was Yahweh.  It was considered a literally unspeakable word for Jews.  Formally the word was not spoken at all, but breathed.  Many scholars are convinced that its correct pronunciation is an attempt to replicate and imitate the very sound of inhalation and exhalation.  The one thing we do every moment of our lives therefore is to speak the name of God (whatever that may be for you).  This makes it our first and last word as we enter and leave this world.  There is no Islamic, Christian, or Jewish way of breathing.  There is no American, African, Asian or Middle Eastern way of breathing.  There is no rich or poor way of breathing.  The air of the earth is one and the same air blows where it will--which appears to be everywhere.  No one and no religion can control the spirit.  And isn't it wonderful that breath, wind, spirit and air are precisely nothing and yet everything.  -adapted from The Naked Now, by Richard Rhor.

I hope your day is truly a day of peace.  I hope there is comfort for your sorrow.  I hope that out of the ashes of any circumstance in your life, new life arises.  I hope you breath deeply this day.