Shana Tovah!
and Happy Jewish New Year to you all.
I wish you a nice slice of apple dipped in honey
so all the days of your year can be as sweet as a bite of apple and honey.
For moi (being an official high holiday Jew, which means I only drag my lazy old tuchas to the SHUL on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
this is one of the few days of the year, when I close up shop
go to the GAY synagogue and check in my life and myself
Am I the person I want to be?
Have I hurt others?
Am I being as honest with myself as I try to think I am?
Am I following my dreams or scaring them away?
Am I taking time to smell the coffee (green tea)?
Am I taking time to be kind.
I grew up being taught that this is the day the books open
and Yom Kippur is when they close..
That unlike Catholics who confess all the time
We basically cram it all into this window of time
repent,
re-learn
re-live
re-listen
return to our lives
cleansed and hopefully ready to do a bit better
but what I have also learned
mostly
is to use this time
to try and forgive
yes to forgive others
but also to forgive myself
because
in the end
i'm human
and i screw up
all the friggen time
and hey
thats why i'm so cute!
and modest
anyway
Shana Tovah folks
and Ill bite the big apple in your honor
