Happy new year
Judybat went to temple last night to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. I think she should go to temple more often, if only because she usually comes back anxious to tell me how wonderful I am and how much she adores me. That could be because she's filled with some sort of religious fervor, but I think it's more likely that she's just grateful I took care of TheBoy and gave her some time alone. (Taking care of TheBoy is my idea of worship, by the way. It certainly makes me feel closer to the divine. Except when he pees in his pants.)I'm just a goy, but I do think the Jewish new year is a good opportunity to think a little bit about all the things I would have done differently over the past 12 months and all the things I want to do right in the coming months. I'm not going to get into atonement yet -- that's next week's homework, right? -- but I do need to share some of my goals for the coming year:
- I want to get pregnant and take care of my body and TheFetus. Or I want to not get pregnant and find a way to be OK with that.
- I want to give more money to charity and find some sort of public service for the family to do, even if it's only one day.
- I want to be more patient with TheBoy, and less prone to raising my voice.
- I want to be a nicer person, and stop beating up blind men and crazy ladies at bus stops.
- I want to be a more honest person, especially when it comes to dealing with my emotions. (Repression? Me? I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.)
- I want, now that we've seen "Serenity," to rent the lone season of "Firefly" on DVD, and gorge myself on Joss Whedon's brilliance.
- I want to get closer to my goal of not seeing the world as a zero-sum game. In other words, to be happy for my friends when good things happen, rather than jealous and evil.
Judybat is going to suggest that I missed a few important things, such as picking up my dirty socks and remembering to take the recycling to the curb. But the Days of Awe aren't about such trivialities.
posted by AnnaRay at 12:41 PM
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You know, there really is nothing wrong with being happy for your friends when they do well, even if that means they're doing better than you for a particular month or year. Besides, they can tell when you aren't happy for them, and kind of means you wouldn't be being a good friend. Would you want to be friends with someone who didn't feel joy for you?
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I think my point is that I do understand that, at least intellectually, although like most of the rest of mankind I spend my days fighting the jealous, unreasonable beast within.
I thought I made that obvious. But if I came off as a selfish, horrible, no good, very bad person, thanks for helping me clear it up. Because I'm not, at least not most of the time.
If you have sufficient self-confidence, you will never be envious or jealous of anyone; and it will be easy to feel happy for them. Pig
From the mouths of pigs . . .
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