25 Elul
Forgiveness is not an emotion
that spontaneously bubbles forth with love and understanding,
erasing all evil and wounds.
That would be impossible, impractical. Even silly.
We tend not to forgive and forget.
Rather,
forgiveness is a spiritual state. A way of being in the world,
a discipline like the
dancer who endures the pain of practice:
toes bleeding muscles aching, hands reaching upward,
soul flying with grace and joy.
Excerpt from The Bridge to Forgiveness by Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar