Closing

You have the power within yourself to transform everyday experiences into meaningful milestones, and to discover new ways of inviting blessing and gratitude into your life. As you explore those moments, we share inspiration from Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day. 

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do 

With your one wild and precious life?”

You have the power within yourself to transform everyday experiences into meaningful milestones, and to discover new ways of inviting blessing and gratitude into your life. As you explore those moments, we share inspiration from Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day. 

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do 

With your one wild and precious life?”

There’s no denying the impact our actions have collectively had on our planet. Part of reckoning with the grief of climate change, however, is recognizing that we don’t have to stand on the sidelines — we are instead commanded to tikkun olam, to repair the world. 

We hope that these seven rituals have brought you some emotional support and resilience in these times. We are blessed to be in this fight with you.

We hope this book has helped you end your day with peace and gratitude. Before going to sleep, we share one more blessing, inspired by the prayer for sleep, as you move from evening to night.

To the Blessed Creator who brings the heavy slumber of sleep to my eyes: May I enjoy a night of peaceful and restorative rest, free from bad dreams. May I awake to a new day in your presence and light. And may I bring that light into all my good deeds tomorrow and always. 

We hope that the offerings found in this booklet have brought you some peace and comfort on your journey of healing and/or recovery. In closing, we offer this Shehechiyanu, a blessing for the momentous occasion of marking this day, one of many days of tending to yourself and your healing journey. 

בָּרוּך אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶך הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וקְִיְמָּנוּ והְִגִיּעָנוּ לַזְמַן הַזֶה

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha’olam, shehecheyanu, v’kiyimanu, v’higiyanu la’z’man ha’zeh.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe who has given us life, sustained us, and allowed us to reach this day.

Coming through the sea was only the beginning.

The giddiness of walking through walls of living water...

But the story doesn’t end there.

Now it’s desert, without a map.

What if the next forty years are bone-dry and desolate?

Maybe it wasn’t so bad, that life numb and familiar.

Cucumbers and fish fresh from the Nile.

Certainty: a fixed path.

Now hope unfolds its mighty wings and every step risks failure.

When I falter, remind me I didn’t cross the sea alone.

Remind me there’s a mountain I’m heading toward,

a promise that spans lifetimes of becoming, together, with you.

בָּ רוֹּךְ אַתָּ ה יי גָּאַל יִשְ ׂרָאֵל

Baruch atah YHVH ga’al Yisrael.

Blessed are You, YHVH, redeemer of Israel.