Yesterday I was walking from Grand Central to work listening to Pandora. Seeing that we are in the 10 Days of Repentance between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur it seemed particularly timely hearing Iron Horse‘s bluegrass cover of Metalicca’s Unforgiven. Here is a sweat live recording that is worth listening to:
The song deals with a person’s lifelong struggle against the forces that try to subjugate him. He is dubbed ” Unforgiven” because he has not actualized his full potential. The day of Yom Kippur itself atones for our sins between us and God. We clearly use it as an occasion to heal the wounds of sins between us and other people. Listening to this song, I pause to reflect on the possibility that I need to spend some time atoning for the sins between me and myself. As we learn in the song ” that old man here is me”. Each of us are simultaneously the protagonist and antagonist in our own personal narratives. Have we actualized our full potential? The good news is that the story is not yet over. We can still decide where it goes from here. As we prepare for Yom Kippur, how can we forgive ourselves for the past and work harder to be the person we want to be in the future?
Said to Myself 
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