Learn. Understand. Change

It's easy to feel good when others are struggling, or when you deem others on a lower level than you. What is difficult in that moment is to see the bigger picture and remain humble.

The mirror reflects your exterior and everything behind you, but nothing beyond you. That is ego.

When you define yourself as merely what is conscious and instant feeling like a failure is justified. However, we are made up of two components. When you choose to identify with the holy part of who you are, our negative thoughts are not who we are. Therefore, guilt has no place.

Urges to do things that can hold off is another type of negative temptation. Having your priorities straight can maximize your productivity in growth.

Expecting ourselves to never struggle stems from a place of an inflated ego. Looking at ourselves realistically provides us with an opportunity to use our adversities and struggles as tools to grow.

Beyond material needs, our worries can simply be from us making mistakes that bring down our morale. In this case, the best approach is to set a time to reflect and resolve.

When worries get in our way as big as those of health, livelihood, and children it is important to take control of it.

There are countless events and moments in life that make us feel sad. What is essential is to use that sadness to gain some sort of profit. Using sadness in the correct way can do that.

Epistle 11 focuses on our experience of pain. We have a choice in how we perceive what we go through. We can let our ego define that specific events are bad or we can see what truly exists beyond ourselves. It is divine and g-dly therefore it is good.

Epistle 10 in Iggeret Hakodesh. we discuss how our struggle as humans gives us the ability to reach a higher level. when we mess up in order to rectify what we did we need to tap into the level of Love that is boundless by doing that exact thing. Giving without limitation. Sharing based on what the other needs not based on what you decide.