I got a chance to witness first hand an incredible expression of unconditional love just last weekend. A very good friend of ours invited us to attend her son's Bar Mitzvah. What an absolutely beautiful event in every conceivable way. At one particular point, as our friend's son recited several passages in Hebrew, I watched his mother, a few steps away, intently fixated on her son. She was so present to life at that moment. You couldn't have pulled her attention away if you tried. Without a word spoken, you could literally see the love for her son emanating from her. Her immense pride could not be hidden. She was no where else but right there, with him, supporting him and yet at the same time letting him stand on his own. The smile on her face was so wonderful to see, as she silently mouthed the sacred words that her son spoke. He had no doubt she was there for him, and in front of us all, he later thanked her for all she did and does for him, returning that unconditional love and bond between a son and his mother.
Perhaps it's too difficult to ever express in words, whatever language is spoken, just what unconditional love is, or even being truly present to life for that matter. I'm confident though that I witnessed it during these very special moments, even though I didn't understand all the words spoken. To me, this is what life is all about, rather than all the 'stuff' we so often get caught up in when we aren't consciously present to life. I'm grateful for having had the chance to be there. To be reminded why we are really here and the overwhelming importance of love, the great unifier, found in every enduring faith and the secular world. Think about it. What else could it be about if not love? Mazel tov. Shalom.
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