Reason Says, of Course, that There's No Book

September 30, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which began this year at sunset on Sept. 29 and will end at nightfall on October 1.

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A poem for Rosh Hashanah about how prayer can reshape fate even for those who do not believe in the Book of Life:

Reason says, of course, that there's no Book

Of Life in which one is, or not, inscribed.

Still, repentance can affect one's fate.

How well one loves, or not, can still reshape

How well the year turns out. The soul revived

Attends to what the wayward soul forsook.

So does the myth remake the everyday,

Holding out the hope that fervent prayer

Actually might make one's fortune better.

Nor ought one judge the legend by the letter,

As what is writ enriches what is there,

Having set forth well both will and way.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Rosh Hashanah

9/30: Reason Says, of Course, that There’s No Book