I really loved a theme that kept coming up in the different pieces that Heschel never accommodated. He said that he is surprised to see the sunshine every morning and one of his students said that he loved trees everytime he saw them. He never got use to violence and war and that is why he was so against the Vietnam war. I think most people in our culture accommodate themselves to violence and war because it is on the news everyday and in the papers. Our media shows us violence so much that many people are no longer affected when they hear about war and violence. I love that Heschel neve accommodated himself to this. We need to spend more time realizing the beauty that is all around us by looking at things like we are seeing them for the first time and not accommodating ourselves to them. Looking at trees and the sunshine as precious and amazing everytime we see them. The world is beautiful, but a lot of people miss that because, unlike Heschel, they have accommodated themselves to it.
I also loved that Heschel emphasises that God hates to see suffereing. We should try to change the suffereing and hate to see it too. It is another thing that we should not accommodate to. Heschel also said that the opposite of good is not evil but indifference.