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   Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 1948-2020
   ​Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, 1991-2020
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Disco-Mania

7/7/2020

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Listen to the swinging grass
and listen to the trees.
To me the sweetest music
is these branches in a breeze.

So imagine that the lovely moon
is playing just for you--
everything makes music 
if you really want it to.
                                                from Giraffes Can’t Dance
                                                    written by Andreae Giles
                                            illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
                                                        Orchard Books, 1999
YouTube: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-dcola-015&hsimp=yhs-015&hspart=dcola&p=giraffes+can%27t+dance+read+aloud#action=view&id=2&vid=863dcfbd9b7f479c248391b2f7e6485b 

    Remember those disco balls from the 1970s and 80s? I’ve been vacillating between feeling like one and imagining Earth as one, radiating headlines. 
    So I’m sending you a poem this week, and I’m afraid, not much more.

                                  Disco-Mania
                              A silver disco ball
                           suspended, slowly spins,
                         with clock-work precision.
                          I watch arrow-straight 
                           beams shoot headlines 
                             into endless space.

         We feel the dissonance. We know all the angry words. 


    These last months have worked hard to tamp my outlook. Mostly I feel sad, unsettled, passive, quiet. Sometimes angry.
    Back in March, I looked forward to so many cancellations. Time to myself. Ahhh!
    Now I’m searching for my equilibrium, looking for that place of optimism where I used to like to spend my time. Looking for a reason to be useful.
    I’m sure, just as that disco ball turns and turns, I’ll find myself in a better place, soon. Then, just like the giraffe in today’s quote, I’ll also dance again. Meantime, I’ll start a gratitude list. 
    That’s all for now! 
                                       -—stay curious! (and keep dancing)
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Carole Calladine
7/7/2020 08:58:31 am

Sometimes short says it all. Thanks for sharing.

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Lynda Boucher link
7/7/2020 12:18:21 pm

Yep!!! I hear ya!

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Shari Della Penna link
7/9/2020 03:51:20 pm

Thanks!

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