"Don't swear!" and "Jews don't swear!" were phrases I commonly heard from my peers growing up. And they're right, we try to avoid making swears because "if you are asked to summarize a conversation you had with another person, how confident are you that your recollection would be totally accurate, even if your intentions are honorable" (456)?
Today I worked on truly meaning each word I said and trying to make sure I was as honest and straightforward as possible in my answers. It was a challenge, sometimes for me it's so easy to unknowingly or sometimes knowingly, lead people on or twist my words so that my true meaning is slightly hidden.
Though it was a challenge, I found it rewarding to truly feel like my yes meant yes and my no meant no (paraphrased from Baba Metzia 49a).
Day 335: Never Insult Another
How often have I walked by another person and judged them based on their looks? I can't be alone in this...right? But this is human nature, and though we can pass it off as such, we should do our best to control it.
The people we judge are nothing more than we are: beings created in His image, and who are we to judge His works?
"I will not forgive you until you go to the craftsman who made me and tell him, 'How ugly is this vessel that you made'" (459).
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