Elul. The month to gear up for Rosh HaShanah the month to prepare our defense for Judgment Day — judgment for everything we’ve done over the past year — is upon us. Although the mitzvah of teshuvah repentance exists yearlong there’s an extra special quality to the teshuvah we do prior to walking into the Heavenly courtroom on Rosh HaShanah. Giving up past sins is crucial. Turning over a new leaf is critical. And time is of the essence. Why would we put it off till the eleventh hour?
Because so many of us choose — yes choose! — to procrastinate. The word “procrastination” is from the 1540s from the Latin procrastinationem “a putting off” from procrastinare “put off till tomorrow ” from pro– “forward” + crastinus “belonging to tomorrow ” from cras “tomorrow.” And putting off till tomorrow what we can do today has many fans.
“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday”— Don Marquis
“The sooner I fall behind the more time I have to catch up” — anon
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