G-D'S WILL? G-D'S WILL.

  Throughout the history of man, the phrase 'G-d's Will' has been used to justify and/or explain away behaviors and events which left a rather bad taste behind. Used when there were no other words to be said, words being inadequate at the time.

G-d's will is one of the most arrogant statements ever. Using G-d to justify awful behaviors and statements that rend the heart and souls of people equally as harshly, as cruelly, as bloody as matching actions is arrogant and disgraceful. It is the fallback position of tyrants, of false prophets.. Words can cut deep, or they can ease pain. The use we make of them is our choice; G-d has nothing to do with that.

Words and their impact must have consequences. Words can enable. They can instigate and they can inspire and comfort. Who chooses? We do. The speaker of those words, the one who usurps G-d's authority, dares to avow that he speaks the words of G-d, well, G-d has nothing to do with that. That last sentence bears repetition as too many people forget it, forget the harm it causes, forget the consequences and go on to do worse. I am so tired of these actually godless critters who think they know it all and think they are successfully hoodwinking all within the reach of their words.

Sinema and Manchin apparently are blind to the harm of the words that accompany their destructive stance on the Build Back Better plan. McConnell spits out falsehoods with every breathe. Trump and his GOP-fascists - self explanatory. Words are twisted to such a degree that their original meanings get lost in their implications. People, in turn, simply stop hearing, stop listening, certainly not a result "devoutly to be wished". Worse!

On the other hand, words have great positive power, a side which provides for the healing balm they can provide, for the love they can endow, for the encouragement and hope given to those in need of precisely that. In fact, is it not true that there is hardly anyone who does not benefit from all that. While friends and loved ones are an integral part of providing that, there are other situations where perhaps the proper usage of words is of even more import, more telling.

I am lucky to attend such  a place at least 2x weekly, for a number of years at this point and intend to continue to do so as long as possible. Yes, it is a place where physical rehab is provided; however, there is much more than that. Here words create a blanket of hope and healing, of love and encouragement, of an insight and perception with one goal in mind - the betterment of those who come seeking help. This quest is successful, more than one could expect, for with the physical comes the emotional needs, knowing that one is not fighting the battle alone. This is of greater value than words can indeed express.

The work, the atmosphere, the very air, the words, are indeed doing G-d's will. No great boasts, no arrogance, merely a desire to do and for others. Something to 'devoutly to be wished" if I might borrow the words of the great Bard, Shakespeare. What he would have made of these times. 

In the dark, often frightening world of today, we need the sparks of light and hope that are found in my rehab. In the souls of those who give of themselves to others, who encourage and challenge  the physical realm, along with the warmth, the love, the care that is perhaps even more important. It is an eclectic family that does, quietly, (maybe not so quietly at times), G-d's will the way it is meant to be. Not boastful, not presuming, merely doing to and for others. Not to forget the laughter so integral to healing. That is it. Period. I am indeed blessed.