"5781: May you be inscribed in the book of life *and* the voter rolls."

[hermionesviolin]

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Addendum: This Twitter thread about how "if we fall into hopelessness, we can't act." -- excerpt:

Bless things. Find sparks of hope. Find flickers of joy. Find gratitude wherever you can.

We will need each and every one of our collective blessings to do another year of this.

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As has become my custom, reposting this from Amy:

One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others.

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Anonymous is enabled, and all comments are screened. If I've done anything to hurt you this year, let me know. If there's anything you think I might still be upset over, let me know that too. I won't unscreen unless you specifically request I do [...] The goal isn't to start fresh- that's often not possible- but to acknowledge what has happened over this year (or any previous time, if you so choose) as an attempt to not have it happen again.

I promise to treat anything you say seriously and respectfully, and I will seriously be considering it over the next ten days.