3/26/2025 1 Comment The MessageI went to my friend’s bar mitzvah this past weekend. It was inspiring beyond measure. Seeing Alex standing on the stage reading the Torah was moving more than words can say. Writing about it moves me to tears. It utterly rocked in every way. The rabbis were something special to see: they sang together beautifully. The highlight was formally Torah reading using his keyboard, and Judy chanting for him. Wonder filled me at seeing him treated like a normal guy. So wonderful I could cry.
His sermon was indescribably beautiful. He related the story of Moses telling the people to build a tabernacle to Judy creating Mouth to Hand. The lesson is that God will dwell in any place that is filled with love. Doing the Hallmark Moment thing now: the world needs more Alex-es.
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3/12/2025 1 Comment Spellers UnboundI have come to the realization that reading Shelley is very intellectually stimulating for me. I am nothing if not a brooder. So I have been thinking endlessly about the poem-play Prometheus Unbound. I guess I really admire Prometheus. He can save himself from thousands of years of torture by just giving in to Jupiter’s tyranny. But to do so would mean the end of mankind’s hope for any kind of a better future. He bears his pain gladly to keep man’s hope alive.
I guess that resonates with me. We nonspeakers have suffered too. We really suffer along with our families, who struggle every day to care for us and who fight every day to help us live a better life. Suffering stems from two sources: obviously our disability and our subjugation at the hands of organizations like ASHA. The state along with these types of organizations keep us in chains. That tyranny really is evil. Shelly tells us of the utopia that could exist if tyranny ends. And he tells us that love is the single more powerful force in the universe. To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear… …This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory. In the end teachers like Judy, parents like those I see at M2H, and brave professionals are the ones who, like Prometheus, resist tyranny. And that resistance is what will ultimately triumph. |
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