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With Autumn comes change...
I am a big fan of Rabbi Elka Abramhanson (former Director of the Wexner Foundation). Her sermons seem to be written just for me. Every year at this time, I remember one particular sermon...
She talked about the day of Yom Kippur as a day that we choose to begin again. And while we've probably all had many opportunities to begin again throughout the year, Yom Kippur was a formal invitation to us to begin again. And, I RSVP'd 'yes.'
She asked, 'Am I the person G-d intended for me to be?'
And I answered, 'Well, I'm working on it.'
I believe G-d loves me for the trying. I am loved for trying to let go of the past, embracing my imperfections, erasing my disappointments, and accepting my family, friends and colleagues as they are.
I try to let go of what I thought I were supposed to be, and what I thought I was supposed to accomplish. I grasp for the desire, the sincere hope and the real effort to begin again.
Every person's story is part wholeness and part brokenness. I embrace my wholeness and my brokenness. I try and embrace yours, too, because that's what makes us human. And it is in our brokenness that we learn to how to repair what is broken.
We learn the most most important lesson about Tikkun Olam...repair yourself and you repair the world. I get that.
I learned a lot this year, and like most of us, I passed many of the hardest moments alone, but I learned a most valuable lesson:
The best time for a new beginning is anytime you want it to be.
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