Journal category
Mussar
New beginnings
The Jewish High Holidays begin this Friday evening. We are to spend the month prior to the New Year in prayer, repentance, and reflection.…
Letter to myself (and to humanity) from my higher self
How can you make the best of this? What lessons might you learn here? What strengths do you have within you that you can…
LOVEly books
I like to consider February to be the month of love. It’s Sweet Girl’s favorite holiday and she likes to draw hearts all over…
Healing from trauma… patiently?
“When something bad happens to you and you did not have the power to avoid it, do not aggravate the situation even more through…
Mussar-themed art
Mussar teaches that life is a curriculum, that each of us is meant to master something in our life. Mussar is composed of the study of…
Is struggle necessary for growth?
We must have times when our hearts struggle and break open. I think perhaps it is only when our heart is broken that we…