Drawn by the inherent wisdom of this haiku, I found myself wondering what is in the text that inspired these thoughts? After all, this text is most known for Abraham’s response to the call to leave his home and seek the new land promised to him and his descendants. So, I re-read the parsha. Abraham’s journey does not end when he reaches that new land. He goes down into Egypt and then back up. In 13:3, we find this remarkable verse: “And he proceeded by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been formerly…” Perhaps this is why in Japanese there is a generic verb “to return” and a different verb “to return to the place where one belongs.”
Once you have been there
You can speak of returning.
Though the path may change.
You can speak of returning.
Though the path may change.
No comments:
Post a Comment