When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
–George Eliot (1819 โ 1880)
A personal thought
Written as an American Sentence
This must include tenderness (versus severity) towards ourselves.
P.S.
Yom Kippur (the holiest day of the year for Jews) runs from sunset on Wednesday to sunset on Thursday this year. Therefore, I have scheduled this post in advance, as I will be offline for 25 hours until sunset on Thursday. I look forward to reconnecting with you soon!
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
A personal thought in an American Sentence including tenderness (versus severity) to ourselves:
Restraining my flagellant’s switch, I raise a branch budding tender olives, while its mate, knotted severely as a noose, holds peace.
Shana Tova
๐ CES ๐
Shabbat shalom,
David
Shalom Shabbat, David. ๐
Talented writer. A beautiful reminder that choosing tenderness offers no regrets. ๐
Yeah – her words really spoke to me – I love this quote!
๐๐ค Michele ๐๐ค
You chose well. ๐๐ค
Indeed.
๐ Filipa ๐
Indeed!
โค Mel โค – I'm so glad this resonates with you!
-David
???? Mel????
oh dear, sorry, Rarenwise! I confused you for a different person. My bad!
-David
No prob Eric.
Shoot ! ๐คช auto corrected your name. So are you Ben or David
*laughing*
I’m David.
My pen name is confusing because ‘ben’ actually means ‘son of’ in Hebrew… and my father’s name was ‘Alexander’ – so I’m ‘ben Alexander’… but my actual name is David โค
Should I refer to you as Rarewise?
Sincerely,
David
Yes.not yet where you got Mel from?
Another person whose name is Mel – I thought it was you ๐
(I was responding to a lot of comments on my blog all at the same time, and made a mistake!)
I do that all the time ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ๐
Do you have Twitter?
I do! I post one poem a day there:
Perfect! You will see an add coming from
http://www.Twitter.com/rarenwise
A great quote, words to live by. Blessings to you on your holy day, David.
Thanks so much, Steve
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David
tenderness one –
severity nil: who is
giving out bad names?
*chuckling*