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ShareAn eccentric but wealthy, elderly acquaintance tells you to meet him at 2:30 pm on Sunday afternoon at Starbucks for coffee. At 2:00 pm you are busy watching a great movie and decide not to show up to the 2:30 meeting. That evening you find out that this elderly gentleman made the 2:30 appointment with 10 people, you being one of the 10.Only five out of 10 arrived at the meeting. To each of the five who showed up, your eccentric acquaintance gave a bank check for $50,000 dollars. Now you know what regret is. The feeling of missed opportunity. When you find out that you missed out on 50 grand for a stupid movie, you feel regret, not guilt. When we go against the will of God, the feeling we are supposed to have is regret. What a lost opportunity! We lost a piece of eternity!
Donald trump in this video is apolagizing for his wrong doings that is one way of doing teshuvah
how would you interpret this picture?
Can you relate this picture to yourself?
Two kinds of people we ask forgiveness from: those who love us, and those who do not. Both categories very important to ask forgiveness from; but much easier to ask from first category – after all, they love us. Much harder to ask from people we have wronged who don't love us.
We could have been magnanimous. Instead we were petty.
We could have been generous. Instead we were stingy.
We could have been honest. Instead we told self-serving lies.
We could have buoyed up others with kind words. Instead we wounded them with deprecations.
We could have esteemed our parents for their ongoing contribution to our lives. Instead we made them feel useless and outdated.
We could have made our homes sanctuaries of love and peace. Instead we degenerate into bickering and blaming.
We could have spent our spare time studying the profundities of the Torah.
Instead we opted for cable TV.
We could have become the person God created us to be. Instead we settled for a mediocre imitation.
The same Sara Rigler wrote: The “sins” we do teshuvah for on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are the instances we fell short of our full potential self. One word for "sin" in Hebrew is “het,” which means "missing the mark." The disparity between our full potential and our present reality can fuel our teshuvah.
We could have been generous. Instead we were stingy.
We could have been honest. Instead we told self-serving lies.
We could have buoyed up others with kind words. Instead we wounded them with deprecations.
We could have esteemed our parents for their ongoing contribution to our lives. Instead we made them feel useless and outdated.
We could have made our homes sanctuaries of love and peace. Instead we degenerate into bickering and blaming.
We could have spent our spare time studying the profundities of the Torah.
Instead we opted for cable TV.
We could have become the person God created us to be. Instead we settled for a mediocre imitation.
The same Sara Rigler wrote: The “sins” we do teshuvah for on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are the instances we fell short of our full potential self. One word for "sin" in Hebrew is “het,” which means "missing the mark." The disparity between our full potential and our present reality can fuel our teshuvah.