Sometimes it happens that you set out to do something with the best of intentions—and you end up with what appears the opposite.
Know with absolute certainty—because this is a tradition of our
sages—that if your true intent is good, then from it only good can
emerge.
Perhaps not the good you intended—or care for—but good nevertheles
Sonntag, 18. August 2013
Mittwoch, 7. August 2013
Mirroring each other
People are mirrors for each other.
If you see the faults of another person and they don't leave you alone, it is truly your own faults you see.
This is G-d's great kindness to us, for without this mirror-effect
we would never be able to determine our true faults.
If you see the faults of another person and they don't leave you alone, it is truly your own faults you see.
This is G-d's great kindness to us, for without this mirror-effect
we would never be able to determine our true faults.
Dienstag, 6. August 2013
Dig deeper
Our souls are not broken that they should need repair,
nor deficient that they should need anything added.
Our souls need only to be uncovered
and allowed to shine.
nor deficient that they should need anything added.
Our souls need only to be uncovered
and allowed to shine.
Sonntag, 4. August 2013
Delight to anguish
The very fact you know about someone who is in trouble means that in some way you are able to help.
Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world?
Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world?
Donnerstag, 1. August 2013
Making a point of another's fault
Looking from the heavenly realm, all G‑d’s creatures look very good. He has great delight in all He has made.
But when one person makes a point of another’s faults, that heavenly delight is transformed into a cloud of pain and anguish—over the very head of the one who spoke those words.
But when one person makes a point of another’s faults, that heavenly delight is transformed into a cloud of pain and anguish—over the very head of the one who spoke those words.
Words from the heart
Talk is powerful. Speak bad about someone and you expose all the
ugliness in him, in yourself and in whoever happens to be paying
attention. Once exposed, the wound begins to fester and all are hurt.
Speak good about the same person, and the inner good within him, within you and within all who participate begins to shine.
Speak good about the same person, and the inner good within him, within you and within all who participate begins to shine.
Samstag, 27. Juli 2013
Tolerance
Tolerance doesn’t mean seeing someone harming himself and saying,
“Live and let live.” That’s indifference. Apathy. If you see someone
going the wrong way and you care about him, you’ll do everything you can
to set him straight.
Tolerance means that although you see his faults in all their ugliness naked before you, that doesn’t decrease by one iota your respect for him as a fellow human being, and for all the good he has within him.
And if you say, “How can I be expected to lead a life of paradox, to both respect and rebuke at once?”
Let me ask you, do you have any faults? And do you not respect yourself nonetheless?
If you can live a life of paradox for yourself, you can give at least that privilege to the other guy.
Tolerance means that although you see his faults in all their ugliness naked before you, that doesn’t decrease by one iota your respect for him as a fellow human being, and for all the good he has within him.
And if you say, “How can I be expected to lead a life of paradox, to both respect and rebuke at once?”
Let me ask you, do you have any faults? And do you not respect yourself nonetheless?
If you can live a life of paradox for yourself, you can give at least that privilege to the other guy.
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