I guess this is the season for thoughtful posts marking the change of a year. A month or so back, I read this article by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth). For me, it’s about as wise as you can get.
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Counterintuitive desert wisdom
We have put aside the easy burden, which is self-accusation, and weighed ourselves down with the heavy one, self-justification. (John the Dwalf) Self-justification is a heavy burden, because there is no end to carrying it; there will always be some new situation where we need to establish our position, dig the trench for the ego …