Friday, May 9, 2008
Yes or no....
The head says - go.
The heart says - no.
What to do?
I do not know.
The heart ain't smart.
The head should rule.
Boo... hoo...
The heart says - no.
What to do?
I do not know.
The heart ain't smart.
The head should rule.
Boo... hoo...
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Have Rachmonos - do a Mitzva
Have rachmonos on your soul -
He came from so high.
Was dragged so low.
And now with your sins, even lower she'b'lower.
Have compassion -study Torah, perform Mitzvos.
This will elevate it, enabling it to be reunited with it's source - ein sof boruch hu
He came from so high.
Was dragged so low.
And now with your sins, even lower she'b'lower.
Have compassion -study Torah, perform Mitzvos.
This will elevate it, enabling it to be reunited with it's source - ein sof boruch hu
I know you...
I know you by the way you treat me
and by the way you make me feel inside.
Those things tell me a lot about you.
Those things you cannnot hide.
It's not your color or education that tells me who you are.
It's your act of kindness or cruelty
That tells me much more by far.
Itka Zygmuntowicz - (82)
Auschwitz No. 25673
and by the way you make me feel inside.
Those things tell me a lot about you.
Those things you cannnot hide.
It's not your color or education that tells me who you are.
It's your act of kindness or cruelty
That tells me much more by far.
Itka Zygmuntowicz - (82)
Auschwitz No. 25673
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
T'was taken...
My identity...
My clothes...
My jokes...
My friends.... -or lack thereof . :)
Boruch Hashem.
My clothes...
My jokes...
My friends.... -or lack thereof . :)
Boruch Hashem.
The One Dollar Donation
About 20 years ago, he sent out invitations to his first fundraising breakfast. The very first reply envelope he got back had no return address and a crisp dollar bill in it.
He was very hurt and thought someone was trying to make fun of him. He was determined to find out who the sender was. He was obviously on the mailing list since he mailed the dollar in the reply envelope. Luckily he had a clue, the meter number, since it was metered postage, not a stamp. He called the post office but it was against their rules to say who the meter owner was. At this point he was absolutely driven, so he called the Post Office again and said he was in law enforcement and needed to know immediately. The guy believed him and told him who it was.
It was Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch...
The Rebbe? Perhaps. Hishtatfus.
He was very hurt and thought someone was trying to make fun of him. He was determined to find out who the sender was. He was obviously on the mailing list since he mailed the dollar in the reply envelope. Luckily he had a clue, the meter number, since it was metered postage, not a stamp. He called the post office but it was against their rules to say who the meter owner was. At this point he was absolutely driven, so he called the Post Office again and said he was in law enforcement and needed to know immediately. The guy believed him and told him who it was.
It was Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch...
The Rebbe? Perhaps. Hishtatfus.
During Sefira....
" Whatever music you are permitted to listen to a gantze yohr is allowed now too."
Tanya - today
The degree of fear he arouses will correspond exactly to the extent of his contemplation; the deeper the contemplation, the greater his fear.
It is too much to expect that all people constantly achieve a state of intellectual awareness - yet all people are obliged to stand in constant fear of heaven.
The Alter Rebbe elaborates on a frame of mind which can and must exist constantly - "acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven."
This is not attained through contemplation. Rather it comes as a
result of faith alone - and this state can exist constantly in all
individuals.
It is too much to expect that all people constantly achieve a state of intellectual awareness - yet all people are obliged to stand in constant fear of heaven.
The Alter Rebbe elaborates on a frame of mind which can and must exist constantly - "acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven."
This is not attained through contemplation. Rather it comes as a
result of faith alone - and this state can exist constantly in all
individuals.
Self-Mastery
Hear your Father, your King, saying to you:
Self-mastery elevates you and makes you more precious in My eyes.
True strength consist of self-mastery. You will always have impulses to which it is harmful to surrender. Some are harmful spiritually.
Every time you control an impulse and demonstrate self-mastery you are becoming a more powerful person.
I have created the yetzer hora, which is the source of negative impulses, for your ultimate benefit. Mastery over your yetzer hora elevates you. I have given you the ability to achieve this mastery.
Ask Me for help in conquering your yetzer hora and I will be there with you to help you. Even if you do not believe in your own ability to conquer your yetzer hora, believe in My ability to help you.
Experience joy every time you overcome temptation. The greater the temptation, the greater the ecstasy of overcoming it.
Awareness of My presence will make self-mastery easier for you. Awareness that you are My child and that I have given you the capacity to develop self-mastery will make the process of developing it easier. Awareness of the eternal rewards I will bestow upon you for your self-mastery will enable you to have great joy and pleasure with every act of self-mastery.
Thank you Zelik Pliskin
Self-mastery elevates you and makes you more precious in My eyes.
True strength consist of self-mastery. You will always have impulses to which it is harmful to surrender. Some are harmful spiritually.
Every time you control an impulse and demonstrate self-mastery you are becoming a more powerful person.
I have created the yetzer hora, which is the source of negative impulses, for your ultimate benefit. Mastery over your yetzer hora elevates you. I have given you the ability to achieve this mastery.
Ask Me for help in conquering your yetzer hora and I will be there with you to help you. Even if you do not believe in your own ability to conquer your yetzer hora, believe in My ability to help you.
Experience joy every time you overcome temptation. The greater the temptation, the greater the ecstasy of overcoming it.
Awareness of My presence will make self-mastery easier for you. Awareness that you are My child and that I have given you the capacity to develop self-mastery will make the process of developing it easier. Awareness of the eternal rewards I will bestow upon you for your self-mastery will enable you to have great joy and pleasure with every act of self-mastery.
Thank you Zelik Pliskin
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Chazal say that a person who holds his tongue when a fight is brewing is doing something remarkable.
How remarkable?
Did you ever notice that the earth is seemingly suspended in space without anything holding it up?
Chazal say it stays suspended like that in the merit of people who remain silent to avoid a confrontation.
How remarkable?
Did you ever notice that the earth is seemingly suspended in space without anything holding it up?
Chazal say it stays suspended like that in the merit of people who remain silent to avoid a confrontation.
Friday, April 25, 2008
OR.... Step by step...
To expand (maybe) at a future time.
Step by step
Bit by bit
Stone by stone
Brick by brick
Hour by hour
Day by day
Task by task
It will get done.
The house will be built.
Mission will be accomplished.
Nothing too daunting.
Step by step
Bit by bit
Stone by stone
Brick by brick
Hour by hour
Day by day
Task by task
It will get done.
The house will be built.
Mission will be accomplished.
Nothing too daunting.
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