Thought of the Week: Samantha Brunner
Written by Writings & Sermons by others — 17 March 2016
In the song “Season’s of Love” from the musical Rent, it says “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets. In midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, a year in the life?”
This makes me wonder…how do you measure a year? A lot can happen in a year. When I reflect, personally, my life has dramatically changed in a year. It is only 365 days long but as the musical says, that’s five hundred, twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
As the Youth and Education Hub Co-ordinator, who has been working in this department for two years, I have seen a lot of growth and development in my colleagues throughout the last year. We have grown from a department of 4 to a department of 7 and the feedback we have been receiving from the community has been extremely positive.
Purim is two weeks away and is a time when a lot of things are not as they seem. Things change. Mordechi starts off in deep trouble but The Megillah ends with Haman actually being a victim of his own tyranny. We are also encouraged to drink so much that we can’t tell the difference between cursed be Haman and blessed be Mordechi. This emphasises that things don’t necessarily end the way they start, as we all know from our own personal experiences.
It is interesting that this morning on the way to work I had these thoughts about how much life can change in a year. I think that around this time, we should all reflect on the past year and think how much life changes and develops and how hopefully we develop and grow with it.
On that note, the Youth and Education Hub all hope that you can come to celebrate with us this Purim, on March 23rd, with C3 Peiyot, King Jabbashavarosh, Morde Chai Kenobi, Esther Skywalker and Darth Haman. May the force be with Jew.