"May the one who blessed our ancestors bless me with strength and healing as I struggle with emotional distress and mental suffering.
May I walk in the footsteps of Jacob, King Saul, Miriam, Hannah, and Naomi, who lived with dark moods, hopelessness, isolation and terror, but survived and led our people.
Just as our father Jacob spent the night wrestling with an angel and prevailed, may I be granted the endurance to wrestle with pain and prevail, night upon night.
Grant me the faith to know that though, like Jacob I may be wounded, shaped and renamed by this struggle, still I will live on to continue an ever-unfolding,
May I not be alone on this path but accompanied by family in all its forms, friends, caregivers, ancestors, and the Divine Presence.
Surround me with loving kindness, and companionship, and spread over me a sukkat shalom, a shelter of peace and wholeness."
-Rabbi Elliot Kukla
