This is one of the most kabbalistic poems I have ever read:

G‑d’s Optimism

Because the nature of a stone

is not to fly,

it remains in the air only

as long as the thrower’s force

acts upon it.

And in the inner Torah

the same is said of this world,

which comes from nothing

and whose nature, therefore,

is not to exist. It remains

only as long as G‑d pushes it into existence.

Think of the optimism of God, then,

how, every second, He recreates our lives–

I who have not served Him honestly,

and you who believe you have never served Him.

From the book G‑d's Optimism by Yehoshua November

Wishing you an uplifting weekend,

Rabbi Mendy & Mussy

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