明天就要回国了。激动啊。上次回去还是三年多以前了。岁月如飞，光阴似箭啊。

Ms. Tippett: I love this line from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel that I've seen you quote a couple of times. "Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living."

Ms. Brous: Beautiful. Yes. And so many people who will come into services, like, and so many people walk around in life so aware of what they don't have, you know, what they long for: the love that they haven't found yet, the, you know, the absence. They're so aware of the absence and what Heschel says to us is, 'Look at the presents, like figure out what you do have. Look at the world with awe and wonder, and the amazing miracle that your skin holds the blood inside your body.' You know, that nature works the way that it works, that the world is as extraordinary as it is because there's so many things wrong but there are so many incredible blessings around us. And our, part of our spiritual challenge is to, he says, it is gratefulness that makes the soul great. And so, you know, find a way to be grateful for what we do have because it's simply not fair to live in a world and only be conscious of what you do not have. 
 

 今天去买了一颗兰花，给几张特写，顺便拍一拍咱家的小院。大鱼缸里种的莲花出了第一个挺。花轮同学的西红柿也露了两个小苗。