After creating the world in 6 days, and resting on the 7th, rabbinic tradition tells of creation not being completely finished. There was an element left uncreated, or in Hebrew, "menuha", the terms for "tranquility", "peace", and "serenity" (the states of creation at its origin). All of life goes on creating, finding meaning in doing whatever our image compels us to do - be artists, as He was; to work hard towards something good, something that outlasts us, but without us would not be passed on, down into the faith of those yet to come. In sort, to keep building love.
"The small man builds cages for everyone he knows.
While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful, rowdy prisoners." - Hafiz
A JOURNAL OF HOPE FROM A KAREN REFUGEE CAMP "It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between." - Diane Ackerman
