"We don't like leaving, but God loves becoming." Norman Hirsh, "Becoming," Mishkan T'filah God loves becoming. Unfolding. Flowering. Petal by petal. We are born to bloom. Watch a flower opening from a bud. At first, you can hardly see the movement. Everything is held close. Then one petal loosens. Another bends toward the light. What was folded inside begins to meet the world. Lech Lecha. Go forth, God says to Abram. Leave your land, your birthplace, your father's house. Go t