Daily Chizuk #0989

This Shabbat is called Shabbat Shuva – the Shabbat of Returning to Hashem. During these Aseret Yemei Teshuva, every good deed that we do and every little bit of teshuva that we do will positively influence our upcoming year. Besides for making teshuva for sins that we did between us and Hashem, we must also ask our friends for forgiveness for anything negative we may have done to them as well. Furthermore, if we are asked to forgive, we should not be harsh, but rather, we should forgive easily because Hashem deals with us mida k'neged mida – the easier we make it for others to be forgiven, the easier it will be for us to get forgiven by Hashem. We should always keep in mind, people do not have the power to harm us. Whatever happened due to the actions of others was going to happen anyway. The more we internalize this, the easier it will be to forgive.
May we all have the merit to make shalom and attain full teshuva.
Shabbat Shalom!