he had moments

                      found himself in places   places  books videos overhearing conversations invited into them where sudden iridescent quotes float like squirrelly soapbubbles that popwhisper in his ears

Abraham Joshua Heschel

he wasnt a Jew

he would not know him

                            however

he stumbled into a podcast whose participants compelled him intrigued him  despite knowing they were going to discuss religion

   not his bailiwick

                         anyet

“Prayers are humble answers to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can offer and return to the mystery by which we live, who is worthy to be present at the constant unfolding of time.”

grateful  

          there is no reason he could fathom he should be its only recipient

 POP  

1702,  Tuesday,  13  1. 26

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/abraham-joshua-heschel-a-prophets-prophet/