My Yom Kippur Lessons

A few lessons I took from Yom Kippur this year.

• Teshuvah begins with forgiving everyone else for being imperfect.
• You can’t have true teshuvah without approaching life with a feeling of gratitude. That’s actually a core tenet of success, and opens the road to humility.
• My problem is pride. The antidote is reflection, gratitude, humility, and study.
• I have allowed my relationship with Hashem to whither a bit. That is the true source of my discontent.

Now if only I can keep those in mind over the next year.

Related articles

• This is an awesome chart about Yom Kippur. Really. (washingtonpost.com)
• Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2013 (algemeiner.com)
• Biking on Yom Kippur: An Israeli Tradition (seasuitesblog.com)