During the times in life when it feels like the walls are closing in, we must trust in the God who makes a way when it seems there is no way. Sometimes we are offered an opening that is so small we can't even see it until we are right up on it. The path might be barely wide enough to squeeze through . . . but it is enough. Feel the fear, and just keep going.
Psalm By Harvey Shapiro
"I am still on a rooftop in Brooklyn on your holy day. The harbor is before me, Governor's Island, the Verrazano Bridge and the Narrows. I keep in my head what Rabbi Nachman said about the world being a narrow bridge and that the important thing is not to be afraid.
So on this day I bless my mother and father, that they be not fearful where they wander. And I ask you to bless them and before you close your Book of Life, your Sefer Hachayim, remember that I always praised your world and your splendor and that my tongue tried to say your name on Court Street in Brooklyn. Take me safely through the Narrows to the sea."
"Psalm" by Harvey Shapiro, from A Momentary Glory. © Wesleyan Press, 2014