If I Let It: A Kavanah for Kabbalat Shabbat

It grows dark.

I light two candles and drink a sip of wine

And the world changes for one day,

If I let it.

There will be music

And friendship

And food,

If I allow it.

There will be Torah

And wisdom

And God-ness,

If I permit it.

There will be quiet

And napping

And deep rest,

If I open up to it

There will be study

And expansion

And new ideas,

If I consent to it.

There will prayer

And blessings

And meditation,

If I give in to it.

There will be hope

And renewal

And clarity,

If I walk toward it.

If I let it

If I allow it

If I permit it

If I open up to it

If I consent to it.

If I give in to it.

If I walk toward it

The world changes for one day.

Shabbat happens,

If I let it.