In Judaism, one of the traditional responses when someone dies is “may their memory be a blessing.” It is a reminder that remembrance is not a passive act–our memories of those who have gone before us should inspire us to live their goodness in the world.
Whose memory is a blessing to you today? What are you inspired to do in their honor?
“We are a People of Memory.
As inheritors of our ancestors’ legacy, we hold their stories tenderly.
Gleaning wisdom from diverse journeys; united in hope for the future.
Guide us to trust in love as we kindle this flame together.”
-Kimberlee A. Tomczak Carlson
What are you lighting a candle or chalice in memory of today?
Earth holds memory surely as people. It is passed through generations and among species.
Find a way to touch the Earth today and feel the memory stored in our mother planet.
“You can brick up your heart as stout and tight and hard and cold and impregnable as you possibly can and down it comes in an instant, felled by a woman’s second glance, a child’s apple breath, the shatter of glass in the road, the words ‘I have something to tell you’… the brush of your mother’s papery ancient hand in a thicket of your hair, the memory of your father’s voice early in the morning echoing from the kitchen where he is making pancakes for his children.” -Brian Doyle
What memories are pulling down the walls around your heart today?
At sundown, the fasts of Ramadan are broken with the meal of iftar, traditionally begun with the sweetness of dates.
What is something you can do to add sweetness to your spiritual practice?
