[etni] Re: Helicopters disaster
- From: Gail Shuster-Bouskila <gailshb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:13:06 +0200
*WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE***
We find life's disasters upsetting not only because they are painful but
because they are exceptional. Most people wake up on most days feeling
good. Most illnesses are curable. Most airplanes take off and land
safely. Most of the time, when we send our children out to play, they
come home safely. The accident, the robbery, the inoperable tumor are
life-shattering exceptions. When you have been hurt by life, it may be
hard to keep that in mind…When we are stunned by some tragedy, we can
only see and feel the tragedy. Only with time and distance can we see
the tragedy in the context of a whole life and the whole world. In the
Jewish tradition, the special prayer known as the Mourners' Kaddish is
not about death, but about life, and it praises God for having created a
basically good and livable world. *[/We must see/] the tragedy in the
context of a whole life,* *keep… your eye and mind on what has enriched
you and not only on what you have lost*.
by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner.
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Keep in touch, Gail Shuster-Bouskila
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"If we are taught what to think, but not how to think,
we end up not thinking at all" -- Mordecai M. Kaplan
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