๐คท Is It Too Lateโ ืืื ืื ืื ืืืืืจ ืืื
English follows the Hebrew
ืืคื ื 10 ืืืื.
ืืคื ื 10 ืืืื ืืฉืืชื ืืืืช ืืืชืคืืืชื. ืฆืืชื. ืืืจืชื ืืชืฉืืื.
ืืฉืืชื ืขื ืืืจืื ืฉืขืฉืืชื ืื ืืกืืจ. ืืืืื.
ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืืจืื, ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืื ืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืขืฆืื.
ืืชืืจืืชื. ืืฆืืขืจืชื ืืงืืืืชื ืงืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืขืชืื.
ืืขืืงืจ ืืืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืืื.
ืืื ืงืจื ืืื?
ืขืืจืชื ืืื ืืืช ืืกืืื.
ืงืืฉืืชื. ืกืืืจืชื. ืงื ืืชื. ืืืฉืืชื...ืื ืืืจืื ืื ืฉืื, ืืื ืื ื ืืฉืชืืืชื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืชืจ ืืคื ืืืืืื.
ืื ืืจืื ืชื ืคืจืืืืงื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื, ืืื ืืืืืช ืืืื.
ืืงืืฆืืจ, ืืืืชื ืขืกืืงื, ืืื ืืืขืชื ืืื ืืชืื ืืืช ืืฉืื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืคื ื 10 ืืืื.
ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืช ืืืืืช, ืืื ืืืืชื ืขืกืืงื ืืืื ืืืฆืื.
ืื ืื ื ืืขืฉื?
ืืื ืืื.
ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืฉืืขืื 11 ืืืืฉ ื20 ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืชื ืืงืื ืฉืืืืชื ืืคื ื 10 ืืืื, ืื ืื ืืจืืข ืืื.
ืงืฉื ืื ืืงืืช ืืช ืืืื ืืขืฆืื.
ืงืฉื ืื ืืฉืื ืืขืฆืื.
ืงืฉื ืื ืืืชืืืื ืืฉื ื. ืื ืืืืข ืื ืืืื? ืื ืืืืข ืื ืงืืจื?
ืื ืืืืื ืื ื ืืืืืช, ืืืฅ ืืืขืฆืื.
ืื ื ืืืืขืช ืืช ืืคืชืื, ืฉืื ืจืืฆืื ืฉืื ื, ืฆืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืฉืื ืโฆ.ืืืโฆ.
ืืื - ืื ืจืง 10 ืืืื. ืื ืื ืืืืืจ ืืืื. ืื ื ืืืืื ืขืืืื ืืืืื ืืขืฆืื ืฉืื ืืชืืจื ืืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืื.
ืื ืืช ืจืืฆื ืืขืฉืืช ืืฉืื ืืื ืืขืฆืื, ืืฉืคืจ ืืช ืืงืฉืจืื ืฉืื ืขื ืขืฆืื ืืขื ืืืขืืืื ืืื ืงืจืืืื, ืื ื ืืืืื ื ืืืชื ืืฉืืืข ืขืื ืขื ืกืื ืช ืืืื ืืฉืืืขื .
ืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืืจ - ืงืื 10. 10 ืืงืืช, 10 ืฉืขืืช - ืงืื 10 ืืืืืจ ืืขืฆืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืงืื ืืืชื ืืฉื ื.
ืืช ืื ืจืืฆื ืืืฆืืขืจ ืฉืื ืืฉื ื ืืืื.
ืื ืฉืื ืืฉืืช ืฉืืื
ืื ื

As I'm writing this it's been 10 days since Yom Kippur. Ten days since I repented for my sins. Ten days since I thought about how I want this New Year to look like. Ten days since I said, โThis year I want to be betterโ. Ten days since I said, I want the year to be more serene than last year. So ten days have passed and what have I done? Have I changed? Have I made steps to get out of old habits? Have I made a list of what exactly I want to do, and started on it? Actually not. Iโve been too busy! First getting ready for Sukkot. Building, decorating, shopping (online), cooking, working. Busy time. Not much time for me... And then a big international family project - organizing a Zoom birthday party. Too busy to think of myself. Too busy to take care of myself. Too busy to think back to where I was 10 days ago. If I donโt stop, if I donโt think of myself, thereโs a pretty good chance that in another 11 months and 20 days I will look back and say to myself that another year went by and Iโm sorry for the same things, Iโm repenting for the same sins. Still asking, what about me? Itโs hard for me to prioritize time for myself. I want to better myself, but year after year, everyone else comes first. I want to learn new relationships skills so that Iโll yell less. I want to hear some lectures about (grand)parenting. I want to learn new tools for more patience and tolerance. But for some reason, Iโve been putting othersโ needs before my own. But if I donโt start putting my needs first, Iโll be in the same place next year. Possibly better, most likely the same or worse. Itโs not too late. Itโs only 10 days, and I have been busy. But thereโs time. The yearโs not over. All is not lost. I can still do something for myself this year. Despite Covid, despite lockdowns, despite the fact that life is not the same, that life is hectic, and uncertain. One thing for sure, if I donโt do something different, Iโll be in the same place next year. So take 10 - if not 10 days, 10 minutes, 10 hours - take 10 and think what you ARE going to do for yourself. If one of your priorities is learning tools that help you feel good about yourself and get along better with those closest to you, I invite you to check out my new workshop here. And if not, if you have something else on your bucket list - go for it. Take ten and take the first step. Itโs not too late. Itโs never too late. Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom Chani