Reaching Out
In speaking today with someone who has both family members and friends in Israel, he shared with me one of the ways people are coping with the current situation: they are reaching out to one another. This may sound simple, but it echoes something our state senator, Gustavo Rivera, said on Monday evening at the vigil in Seton Park. He reminded us that we are not alone, that we need to reach out to one another. In Israel, people are simply, or perhaps not so simply, reconnecting—not necessarily talking about the situation, the matzav, but simply checking in. Why does this matter? When one feels the world closing in, one can feel alone, unmoored. Reaching out to others reestablishes our common humanity.
Whatever else you are doing, I invite you to reach beyond your usual circle and simply check in.