shabbat is here

SHABBAT IS HERE. NO STORM, NO TESTIMONY, NO TRAGEDY, NO POWER IN THE 'VERSE CAN STOP IT FROM ARRIVING. SHABBAT IS THE ULTIMATE LESSON IN SELF-CARE. EVEN HASHEM RESTED TO SHOW US THAT THERE IS GODLINESS IN RECOGNIZING YOUR NEEDS AND THE WORK YOU DO IN WHATEVER FORM IT COMES IS SIGNIFICANT. REMIND ONE ANOTHER THAT THERE IS NO SHAME IN BREATHING. RATHER TO BREATHE IS HOLY AND IMPORTANT WORK. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE FORGETTING TO BREATHE ON SHABBAT, REMIND THEM THAT THEY DID ALL THEY COULD AND THEY DESERVE THIS SPECIAL DAY. DRINK A PINA COLADA. RIDE IN A BOAT. TAKE AN EXHAUSTED FRIEND WITH YOU. SEE THE HOLINESS IN SOMEONE WHO TAKES THE TIME TO BREATHE IN AND OUT WITH YOU AND SHARE A SLICE OF PIE WITH THEM. I LOVE SHABBAT AND I LOVE YOU SO SO SO MUCH.