Parashat VaYishlach 5783, Women’s Mental Health, and Generational Trauma — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

This parashah looks at how dysfunctional family systems might even heal, given the right circumstances.  It also looks at the pain caused when women are treated as mere property to be possessed by one group, and property to be recaptured and avenged, by another group. This portion again, as last week points up the need […]

Parashat VaYishlach 5783, Women’s Mental Health, and Generational Trauma — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

♫ What’s Going On ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

Last time I posted this, in May 2020, I said it fit the times we were living in.  Since then, a lot has happened, and the song STILL fits the times perfectly.  The question then becomes … will there ever be a time when we will listen to this song and say, “Wow, I’m glad […]

♫ What’s Going On ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

तूफ़ान / Storm

Kaushal Kishore

आँखों में आंसू भर जाते हैं,
पर नीचे बहते नहीं,
यह सब्र नहीं है,
एक तूफान का संकेत है…

👀 👀 👀

Tears fill the eyes
but don’t flow down
this ain’t patience,
it’s a storm in making…

–Kaushal Kishore

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