So it's been a while since I've made a posting on here... The High Holy Days have come and gone yet again and we welcomed in the year 5771. This year was no different as they start out with Rosh Hashana and gathering with friends for good food after services. Although I still haven't quite gotten a grip on this social gathering of 20 or more people that I don't know very well for lunch I am handling it better. I really do prefer small groups of people not to mention I'm not well with someone who wants to be the talk of the lunch so to speak. But I keep giving it a try every holiday when I get invited in hopes I'll get more at ease. But I will say the food is always good with the exception of my forcing down the gefelte fish (I just don't like that fish).
I was asked by a few people what my new year resolutions were going to be. Well... the holidays aren't so much about resolutions as they are about renewal and forgiveness - at least to me. I did make some resolutions but I started those a few months ago as I don't believe you have to have a holiday to do so. But it was more about forgiving others I had grudges or ill feelings about things with and forgiving myself for things I didn't follow thru with or should have done.
I managed to run into a few people while at services I hadn't seen in a while and that is always fun. It's always fun to run into those who are in the process of converting and talking about our feelings towards certain topics. There is a bond that can happen with those of us who have chosen to be Jewish because we have questions that those who were born and raised Jewish either never had or wouldn't think of. And to know that those of us who have chosen our faith instead of just being raised in it is always something I am proud of. We've taken the time to find and know what's in our heart and that's something a lot of people I have come across can't say they have honestly done.
I hope to be back more often now. And to share in this wonderful year of 5771.
