Truly, nothing ever changes. Even when changes on the positive side take place, the chase is on, until the fox, the changes, are redacted from existence or limited so that they become mere words with no power at all. Situation: status quo.
This morning, having paid little or no attention to recent news, I decided it was time. Then I wondered why I bothered. What for? Perhaps names changed and demands were restated - but there they were. Same old, same old.
So, while I and so many others were focused on sending messages of love and concern to a little boy in Pittsburgh, and prayers were sent on wings of gold to the Heavens Above and its denizens, the world continued to sink into the muck and mire, the same filth which has consumed it in ever growing degree. Dangerous levels are on the rise.
I sigh in disappointment, but not really. Truly, I did not expect any better; why should I? Focus return to Yitzy. Here was one untouched by corruption and disenchantment. Here was one untouched by a selfishness which buried others under a heavy weighted blanket of indifference. Here was one who continued to ask questions, the same ones we had asked so long ago. Why?
Why were rights being denied? Why were people still not getting the attention, the help they needed? Why were people hungry? Didn't we have enough food for everyone? And mind you, I never once had invoked my bubby's hungry children of China!
And the onslaught continues. Why can't the doctors fix everyone in the pediatrics area? Why were some children alone, no visitors? Why and why and why. Why was there no help or not enough for sick people. Why wasn't there a medical army to fight diseases, especially of kids? All good questions which long ago should have been addressed. And why was everyone fighting all the time? Simplistic questions with complicated answers and no reasons for continuing to remain in existence.
In this time of neo this and neo that, from neo-Soviet mantras to neo conservatives blasting the same crap of nastiness and restrictions, of censorship and rights deprival, of deprivation in a world awash with the bounty of nature, that which G-d has gifted us, why weren't the governments of the world having a united attempt to combat these woes which seemingly are permanent. Our own whys and whys, remaining deep within our souls all these years, but neglected, pushed aside by the demands of daily life and the wants of material wealth and 'stuff' we all apparently need so.
Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps not. But I do not care. The problems of the world will have to do without me until my Yitzy, our Yitzy, is healed, totally, permanently, able to forge forth and make his own impact on this so needy world. Perhaps a forerunner of a new army of neo kids grown up, not forgetting the values of these new neos: positive changes to society, for needs addressed, for peace to reign, for justice, for hatreds of 'others' dismissed, sent into a disgraced exile.
Kohelet tells us, reminds us, that there is nothing new under the heavens. The sun has seen and exposed it all. Let us find the proper time for all that is good and deny the bad any time to play in the bright light of the sun. Time only for good, for peace, for brotherhood, for justice, for health of body and soul.
Naive? Perhaps. Childish? Perhaps and maybe, just maybe, not. Much greater people than I have fought for those goals and ideals. Why cannot we finally emulate them rather than the manifestly evil, negative and insane such as Greene, McCarthy, Trump, DeSantis, Cruz and all camp followers.
So: First goal - heal Yitzy.
Then we tackle the world.
HEAL YITZY!
May he be granted refuah shelaymah bimheyrah beyameinu.
May he be granted a timely and complete healing.
May Hashem hear all our voices raised in prayer.
Amen. Amen
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