AM Inspiration

Elul is such a scary time. Every year it creeps up on me. I have no idea how its Elul already. I have no idea where the time went. During Elul, I start being hyper critical of myself. How could I not be learning? How could  I miss davening? its ELUL! but it happens. We are still human during this month. We do not magically transform into super-people on Rosh Chodesh as much as we would like to. I'm in college again. I'm sitting in a room full of people I would not necessarily pick to be my friends hour after hour, day after day. The influences are not the greatest. But I cannot help it. I cannot force them to use cleaner language. I cannot force them not to make dirty jokes. I cannot change any of those things. When I was in college at home, it didn't seem to be such a problem. Maybe I didn't spend as much time with the people in my classes. Maybe people in the south are just more polite. I don't know. All I know is that I have all these 4 letter words r...

 I am honored to have Nechama Ralsk, the author of Words From The Soul    guest post. So show your love by commenting, leaving feedback...you know what to do.. Words  you say them without thinking, not aimed to wound the heart, but simply unfiltered, you didn't mean it, regretted it rather quickly, but it was just a joke, after all, right? they laugh right along with you, but they are crying inside, words once thrown away, can never be retrieved. On a separate note-  would you rather say something and regret it? or regret not saying something you should have?