In a few hours, we usher in Yom Kippur, Judaism's day of atonement - a day that finds us asking for and granting forgivness, and that ends, if all is well, with renewed hope for a year of renewed life and goodness. With "the Yom" fast approaching, I'm offering up some Jewish wisdom that'll work for anyone...
"To say that God forgives us for our misdeeds is not a statement about God's emotional generosity. It is a statement about us. To feel forgiven is to feel free to step into the future uncontaminated by the mistakes of the past, encouraged by the knowledge that we can grow and change and need not repeat the same mistakes again."
-Rabbi Harold Kushner
We'll get back to the funny stuff after the holiday.
Okay, I'm off. Time to not eat.
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