progressivejudaism:

“The goal of the High Holidays, perhaps like the journey of life itself, is to emerge on the other end as a more righteous and godly person, more conscious of life’s fragility and beauty, and more grateful for the blessings of life.”

— Source: Words of Rabbi Amy Eilberg, exerted from Mishkahn HaNefesh for Yom Kippur (p. 211)