The broken among us have been stripped down to the essentials - the offering of a warm hand, a warm meal, a warm bed. It's humbling to be the one in need of warmth. The brokenness is the shattering of our illusions. It is healed through warmth. Uncertainty about which role you will be playing- giver or receiver- is part of life. Both people experience and benefit from the warmth.
At a concert in a historic theater, Jay and Molly Unger played a tune: The Lover's Waltz. The tune was so simple and pure. It evoked images of the dance of life, sometimes easy breezy, sometimes bittersweet. The pattern of dance steps. The art of loving. Years later, my daughter had it played at her wedding.