You Find but Little Solace in Success

October 8, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is ethical behavior in honor of Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset on Oct. 8 and ends at nightfall on Oct. 9.

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A poem for Yom Kippur about the emptiness of conventional success and the feeling of self-importance that so often comes with it:

You find but little solace in success,

On which you long have hung your self-esteem.

Maybe you expected happiness,

Knowing how the self-important seem.

Instead, you feel a gnawing at the heart,

Perhaps because you know where you've gone wrong,

Purporting to be whole when you are part,

Unable yet to simply sing along,

Restored to worship by the grace of song.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Ethical Behavior

10/7: You Cannot Think the Book of Life Will Close

10/8: You Find but Little Solace in Success