Dancing at the Edge of Chaos: Finding Opportunity in the Unexpected
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On Sunday evening, about an hour after sunset, I celebrated the first night of Chanukah. I set my menorah in the window, lit the candles and chanted the blessings. And, for the first time in many years, I spent it alone. I hadn’t planned it that way. I had planned to celebrate the beginning of the season of light – and the winter solstice – with a fabulous group of women in NE Portland. But the roads were covered with snow and ice and far too treacherous to travel, even with chains. So, the gathering was canceled.
My paternal grandmother, may her memory be a blessing, would have chuckled and said, “We make plans and G-d laughs.” Whether or not you believe in Divine intervention, you have to acknowledge that something – Mother Nature, Old Man Winter, global warming – has turned most of our plans upside down this month.
Power outages, flights canceled, roads, businesses and schools closed. We are all finding other ways to get where we need to go and do what we need to do… or not. Parents had to come up with creative ways to entertain their children last week. Retailers are adjusting their hours to accommodate holiday shoppers and offering special “snow sales” and other incentives. People are working from home or taking public transportation to the office. Holiday travelers are flying out of San Francisco instead of Portland.
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