I'm an Orthodox Jew. We just completed the holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Those holidays include Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchas Torah. Tishrei reminds me that there is a G-d I am bonded to, who I have obligations to, and Who chooses to have obligations to me. I learned as a very little girl lighting Shabbos candles that my soul reaches up to G-d just as a flame reaches for the Sublime. I survived a indescribable childhood because my inner flame continued to reach for the Sublime. I keep trying because I am in a relationship with G-d and trying is part of my commitment.