I Began To See That

An Aged Rabbi, Crazed With Liberalism, Once Said To Me, We Jews Are Just Ordinary Human Beings. Only A Bit More So!

Praying Privately In Churches, I Began To Discover That Heaven Was My True Home And Also That It Was Here And Now, Woven Into This Life.

What Would I Have Done If I'd Been Put To The Test? Would I Have Risked My Own Life For People I Hardly Knew? Probably, I Would Have Looked The Other Way At Best Or Become Another Apologist For Evil At Worst.

To My Surprise, My 70s Are Nicer Than My 60s And My 60s Than My 50s, And I Wouldn't Wish My Teens And 20s On My Enemies.

I Am Pleased Now That I Have Lived In A Gay As Well As A Religious Ghetto, Though It Hasn't Been Very Comfortable. Taken Together, Their Limitations Cancel Each Other Out And I Have Seen The World More Kindly And More Honestly.