Our Broken Hearts: A Prayer For When Life Is A Struggle

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk: “There is nothing so whole as a broken heart.”

Blessed Mystery, 

Our hearts are broken open,

Everything that was hidden comes pouring out.

First comes our anger and resentment,

Then our fear and anxiety,

Then our hurt and the grief

And then the despair. 

And just when we think it's done 

And we are injured and dying,

Out pour our cries for connection,

Our desires for hope,

Our gifts of atonement,

And our potential for kindness.

Blessed Mystery, Breath of the Universe,

Giving us struggle,
Helping us survive

Forcing self-awareness

So that our hearts may be ready

When it is time to do better. 

Amen

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