Over the past semester, I have learned a lot about Teshuva. From saying sorry to doing something good, I feel like I got what I wanted when I joined this class. I wanted to learn more about Teshuva and for the class to answer my questions about it. One of the pieces I enjoyed making the most was the watercolor painting. This picture contained many bright colors in a pattern on a piece of paper. How does this relate to Teshuva? It represents happiness and joy. I felt like happiness is needed to do Teshuva because if you are sad all day, you wouldn’t be in the right attitude for doing good. The only seemingly dark color is the green inside the bright orange. I did this to say that even though we have bad events that may happen in life, the good still overwhelms everything. Even if something bad happened, you should trust in Hashem to give back to you whenever he wants.
This video is about how someone doing one thing good affect everyone around them making a "Kindness Boomerang". This is like Teshuva. When you do something good, it can affect other people to do good too.
From Rav Kook's book, "The Lights of Penitence", it talks about how if you dont do teshuva and you commit sins, it can affect the people around you. Thats why doing one thing good can become a big thing and doing something bad and affect the community in a negative.