24 Elul 5773

24 Elul

 

The only regrets I have in my life

are the times when I was ungracious.

When my limitations diminished my capacity for love.

When I was so small and filled with self

that my need to be right blinded me to the largeness of the truth.

 

This is the truth:

Life is short. Often tragic. At times, joyful.

Forgive yourself for all those times when you forgot,

or didn't know, or didn't understand, or ignored,

or didn't have the inner strength to live

this truth.

  Excerpt from The Bridge to Forgiveness by Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar