A fresh look at New Years resolutions

sometimes we feel like we want to connect more to our Judaism more to our heritage or at least we want to want to connect more to our Judaism and Heritage but we feel like we can't I'm too old my life hasn't been consistent with this my family is not on board it's not the real me I'm too busy I have too much going on but once a year on Yom Kippur we have time to think about what our True Values are but that could be intimidating gotta start changing my whole life based on one inspirational day throughout the year that that's like it's not a little overboard isn't that a little Overkill the truth is if we have a successful Yom Kippur a meaningfully I'm Gipper an inspired Yom Kippur will come out realizing what our true priorities are we're not going to become a changed indoctrinated person not thinking now I'm just gonna no we're gonna actually realize what we've valued all along but we're gonna feel like a new person we're gonna feel fresh we're gonna feel great and maybe that one thing we decide to do that one thing we decide to take on whether it be maybe praying more often maybe coming to synagogue a little bit more often or more frequently maybe lighting the Shabbos candles putting on filling giving more charity studying more tour whatever it may be we're gonna feel like that feels good that feels like the real me I feel comfortable doing that that's like a part of who I am we're gonna feel fresh we're gonna feel new on Yom Kippur there was the high priest to come and he was representing the entire Jewish Nation in this deep intimate reconnection with God to shuva and he would go normally the co and God will these high priests would wear all these various um beautiful elaborate garments for various garments he wore plain white garments because the relationship is raw the relationship is playing the relationship is simple these were special garments reserved for Yom Kippur for the Yom Kippur service he would go into the holy of holies and it's just him and God representing the entire Jewish people he'd come out he'd remove those garments and normally you'd take off your uniform you put it away for later he wouldn't do that he wouldn't be able to put those uniform that uniform back on he wouldn't save that uniform that uniform would not be able to be used for the next Yom keeper he would have to get a new uniform new garments and the reason why is commentaries explain is because he's a new person a Yom Kippur happened he now has a fresh perspective on life a fresh perspective on what his values are you gotta leave everything else behind put that all back behind get new clothing get New Perspective because it's going to be a new us I educated us afresh us should not have our friends that's my story and I'm sticking to it