Returning ...

When it's renewal time (again)

and when it's time to become a better person (again)

and when it's time to ask or beg forgiveness from all and sundry (again)

we may be feeling like it has all happened before (again).

Yet, upon closer examination, there are things that we happily engage in repetitively :

When it's time for sleep - we sleep (again)

and when it's time to eat - we may vary the menu - but not the basic act of eating (again)

and when the co2 in our system is building up - we breathe (again & again & again!)

So what's the difference ?

Not the need. But the recognition of it.

If we didn't eat, sleep or breathe - the consequences would be drastic - and pretty immediate. The same holds true for teshuva - without it - we would really end up just as withered and dead - it might take a drop longer (which is why we have trouble internalizing the idea) but it is a fact nonetheless.

So rejoice in the repetitiveness of the process - and while you're at it - take a deep breath and enjoy that too!

Hatzlacha !!