If I were a rich man.......

Ever watch "Fiddler on the Roof"?

It's the story of a peasant Jewish man, his wife and five daughters living in Tsarist Russia.

It portrayed a regular Jewish family raising children when the world was in the beginnings of a monstrous upheaval in the life of Russia...............the result being changes that affected even their beliefs. I enjoyed too, the humor, the intensity of life and the male-dominated culture (with a few good women thrown in........ for their wisdom and wit).

Human beings cling to what is safe. We continually grab on to what is familiar. We don't like being thrust out of our homes, our country and all we have known all our lives and into the new.....as this family in the movie experienced.

The movie speaks of love. It shows how love can allow us to go into unfamiliar territory without fear. It shows love at it's very best..........at its unconditional very best.

In the midst of persecution, love still brings with it life and light and hope....and that truth is not just in the movie!!!

Oh, and it's a musical. "If I were a rich man.....da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, daaaaaaaaaaa"...........