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