Turn Your Mourning Into Dancing

Today I invite us to mind our margin by spending some time doing something that we love to do, but can never find the time to do. Like dancing in the middle of the day….or singing in the shower or on the back porch….or reading just one chapter of that book you have been meaning to start….or turning off the TV and putting an aria from La Boheme on the stereo…..or sketching the snow on your neighbor's garage….or walking around Mount Auburn Cemetery or the Arnold Arboretum or the Crystal Lake or the block ….or writing a poem entitled "When I Was Young" or "When I get Old"….or calling your oldest high school friend….or whatever it is that might reconnect you with a joy that has been overtaken by the busyness and the routine of your daily life. 

Today I invite us to make a bit of margin to re-member our passion for life!

Psalm 30

א  מִזְמוֹר:  שִׁיר-חֲנֻכַּת הַבַּיִת לְדָוִד.	1 A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; of David.
ב  אֲרוֹמִמְךָ יְהוָה, כִּי דִלִּיתָנִי;    וְלֹא-שִׂמַּחְתָּ אֹיְבַי לִי.	2 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have raised me up, and have not suffered my enemies to rejoice over me.
ג  יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי--    שִׁוַּעְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ, וַתִּרְפָּאֵנִי.	3 O LORD my God, I cried unto You, and You healed me;
ד  יְהוָה--הֶעֱלִיתָ מִן-שְׁאוֹל נַפְשִׁי;    חִיִּיתַנִי, מיורדי- (מִיָּרְדִי-) בוֹר.	4 O LORD, You brought up my soul from the depths; You kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
ה  זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה חֲסִידָיו;    וְהוֹדוּ, לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ.	5 Sing praise unto the LORD, O you godly ones, and give thanks to God's holy name.
ו  כִּי רֶגַע, בְּאַפּוֹ--    חַיִּים בִּרְצוֹנוֹ: בָּעֶרֶב, יָלִין בֶּכִי;    וְלַבֹּקֶר רִנָּה.	6 For Yahweh's anger is but for a moment, His favour is for a life-time; weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
ז  וַאֲנִי, אָמַרְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִי--    בַּל-אֶמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם.	7 Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'
ח  יְהוָה--    בִּרְצוֹנְךָ, הֶעֱמַדְתָּה לְהַרְרִי-עֹז: הִסְתַּרְתָּ פָנֶיךָ;    הָיִיתִי נִבְהָל.	8 You have established, O LORD, in Your favour my mountain as a stronghold-- You hid Your face; I was frightened.
ט  אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶקְרָא;    וְאֶל-אֲדֹנָי, אֶתְחַנָּן.	9 I called unto You, O LORD, and unto the LORD I made supplication:
י  מַה-בֶּצַע בְּדָמִי,    בְּרִדְתִּי אֶל-שָׁחַת: הֲיוֹדְךָ עָפָר;    הֲיַגִּיד אֲמִתֶּךָ.	10 'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? shall it declare Your truth?
יא  שְׁמַע-יְהוָה וְחָנֵּנִי;    יְהוָה, הֱיֵה-עֹזֵר לִי.	11 Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me; LORD, be my helper.'
יב  הָפַכְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי, לְמָחוֹל לִי:    פִּתַּחְתָּ שַׂקִּי; וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי שִׂמְחָה.	12 You turned my mourning into dancing; You loosed my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;
יג  לְמַעַן, יְזַמֶּרְךָ כָבוֹד--    וְלֹא יִדֹּם: יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי,    לְעוֹלָם אוֹדֶךָּ.	13 So that my glory may sing praise to You, and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You for ever.