Hunger Games

I’m often selfish, impatient, callous, dense, unappreciative, clumsy, lazy, short sighted, narcissistic, narrow minded and incurious.
However, forgiveness is a gift I give to myself as I strive to fail forward and do better next time.
Forgiveness is the antidote to the poison of tightly held anger.
It moves one past the futility of self flagellation.
It allows focus on acceptance as opposed to the unhappy path of judgement.
Forgiveness, atonement, self reflection, denial.
Yom Kippur is a powerful day, but it will not be the only day I ask the many whom I have wronged by my mistakes to forgive me and, ideally, it is only one of 365 where I will ask myself.
And… I could really go for a huge slice of pizza right about now.