I have, in one way or another, committed each of the misdeeds on this list. Please forgive me. As always, I’m striving to be a better person in the year to come, which is the most we can ask of ourselves.
Angering myself and others
Beating a dead horse
Criticizing
Differentiating among equals
Eye-rolling
Failing to keep in better touch
Gossiping
Hopping to conclusions
Impatience
Judging others
Kvetching
Lacking compassion
Minimizing others
Not paying attention
Offending
Pushing buttons
Quitting without finishing
Refusing to think broadly
Schadenfreude
Tardiness
Unnerving others
Valuing things over people
Wasting time
Xenophobia
Yelling
Zooming in on the negative
Inspired by Ima on (and off) the Bima , this #BlogElul post is one in a series marking the days of the Hebrew month of Elul, which precede the Jewish High Holidays and traditionally serve as a time of reflection and spiritual preparation for the new year.
