This evening marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah.... a time of self judging, and reflection.... looking back on the last year and contemplating the self. Although I do that almost on a daily basis, (usually the next day...) Im going to focus on the the ying and yang of my past year, and Ill do it here since i dont go to temple. The thing Im happiest about is allowing myself to walk away. Ive put to much energy into things and people that arent , and never will, be good for me. I usually see the red flags early on, then try and try to make things work, then short circuit... especially in the past 6 months or so, Ive lost the fear of cutting out the stuff that wont work What Im most ashamed of? Recently... real recently, Ive found myself shying away from people people of mid-eastern decent. Ive let the recent paranoia thrown out by the media about islamic fundies wanting to randomly behead everything western. Ive let myself become a racist....without reminding myself one thing.... not every brown skinned person from the other side of the world is a terrorist, and not every terrorist is brown skinned, wearing a turban, from the other side of the world. I let a wee bit of fear blow my ability to appreciate individuals, to not see a person, to just see skin color. Im working on that. Shalom.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:49:20 +0000
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