by I got a message from a dead friend yesterday, handwritten on a piece of paper stuck into one of the files I’m cleaning out. Nothing occult about the communication, though it feels, almost twenty years after her death, like it’s not accidental I found it now, on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Gerda was a refugee from Nazi Germany and so understood a great deal about the choice that we all get to make, every day, about how to hold the light and the dark of the world we live in.
How Derek Chauvin’s trial is bringing down the blue wall—NBC News
CDC says now-dominant variant poses risk even with nearly 20% of U.S. fully vaccinated—MarketWatch
GOP House fundraisers accuse people who uncheck their recurring donation box of being Trump ‘DEFECTORS’ and prey to ‘the Radical Left’—Yahoo! News
April 7, 2021
Choice
by Gerda Lawrence
We can either lose ourselves in despair and grief over the fact that so far none of the high ideals for equality, freedom and well-being, which people have formulated over the centuries, have come to fruition,
Or,
We can rejoice and live in awareness of the fact that we human beings again and again have developed, and at times even tried to put into operation, those high ideals.
Ruth Neuwald Falcon 
Soooo beautiful… so was she… Thank you Ruth. Love, S
Sent from my iPhone
>
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely and timely.
Thank you, Ruth!
LikeLiked by 1 person
You know what they say, Ruth … there are no accidents!! Nice to hear from her! Thank you for sharing. Marcie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Me, too, Ruth. I was going through a ceramic box of a few special notes & photos last night, & on the back of one was stuck a small post-it note in Gerda’s writing with her name, address, & phone number. I didn’t think about how long ago it must have been when she wrote it.
Maybe there is something mystical about the synchronicity?!
You’re often in my thoughts, with warm wishes for your well-being.
Hugs & love to you, Shari
Shari Rosner (Pronouns: she/her)
Remember the 3 Ws: “Watch your (6 feet) distance, wear a mask [or two], wash your hands.” – Francis Collins, Director NIH
>
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ruth, thank you very much for bringing Gerda’s presence here today. I loved her and miss her. She would have been very happy you shared her words on your blog. She loved and respected you so much. ❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person