Monday, September 19, 2005
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Perhaps the dumbest sentiment ever uttered in a movie was in the 1970 hit "Love Story," when actress Ali McGraw immortalized the phrase "Love means never having to say you're sorry." At the time, I thought this sentiment was immensely profound. Now I am in my mid-40s and know better: Love means always being ready to say you're sorry. According to Jewish thought, there's no better time for self-reflection and saying sorry than the 10-day period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, beginning Oct. 4, when God is more available to us than ever, waiting for us to come closer to him. God cannot absolve us for wrongs that we have committed against others, which is why we are commanded to ask forgiveness directly from anyone we may have wronged. But God wants to forgive us for transgressions we have committed against him, against Jewish values and even against ourselves.
-- Judy Gruen
-- Judy Gruen
