No Mea Culpas This Year

 “Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”

~ Alice Sebold

Rosh Hashana is now in the rear view mirror which means Yom Kippur will soon be here. The 10 days between the 2 holidays, known as the Days of Repentance.

So here's my news flash for today.

There will be no repentance from me this year!

The days of self flagellation are over for me.

Every year,entering the High Holidays , I find myself falling into an emotional funk.

Ultimately that leads to a very somber period between Rosh Hashana (the New Year) and Yom Kippur, (The Day of atonement).

This has historically been my approach to this festive season.

What is the definition of insanity?

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Exactly!

While this plan of action may have gotten me to where I am today, I just don't see it as being the path I choose to follow moving forward.

The chest pounding punishment we inflict upon ourselves as we spend the day begging for forgiveness just does not resonate with me.

I know for a fact that at no point in the last year did I ever intentionally set out to be a bad person,to do harm to anyone, to do evil or to cause pain any where.

If perhaps,inadvertently I did, for that I will ask for forgiveness.

Forgiveness is a gift you give.

There is no need for the beating (some call it soul searching) that I have come to engage in year after year.

So the very first person that I will ask for forgiveness will be the guy in the mirror.

Once I can come to terms with that, the rest will be easy peaasy lemon squeezy!