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Bat Mitzvah

6/8/2014

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Yesterday I witnessed my 13 year old cousin become an adult in her community through the ceremonial Bat Mitzvah.  It was a wonderful sight to see her take this rite of passage and receive all the benefits of community.  There was no doubt  about the love that was and will always be extended to her as a member of her family, her community, her synagogue.  I was moved to see such a sure foundation laid out for her......and to see her embrace it.  She was reassured in many ways that she is equal to her life.




To know that we are equal to our lives is truly a gift. 




The community I was given as a young adult saw me through many years and although I decided to leave that community and venture into another, I am thoroughly grateful that I have never tried to be without community.  Yesterday I noticed that as I am  moving through my life I am finding that my boundaries of community are widening or.....  becoming blurry.  How exciting it is to me to think that, in truth, my community is nothing short of the whole human family. 




Once again, limitless.......




Yesterday I felt welcome, encouraged, uplifted and supported by the events of the day.  Some may say that it was her community and that I was just a visitor but it seems to me that if I participate, enjoy and feel connected then the boundary disappeared for me. 









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    Lucy Facer Bernstein

    I am a committed yogi and community member. I believe in the goodness of humankind and that as we discover our ultimate connectedness we can all find peace....within and without.  

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