EVERYTHING YOU DO MATTERS
Wednesday, October 29
Tishrei 30, First Day of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
EVERYTHING YOU DO MATTERS
Once upon a time, the Baal Shem Tov sent a group of his students on an important mission to help a needy couple in another town. When they returned, he was not so interested in hearing about their mission as about the minutiae of their trip—what they ate, where the slept, how they traveled, etc.
They didn't understand the relevance of these details, but he insisted on hearing everything. When they related that one morning they sat down near a brook and drank some water there, his face lit up and he said, "That water was waiting from the beginning of time for someone to come and make a blessing over it and drink it."
In Jewish mystical thought, space, time, and matter are understood to be forces of Divine energy—sparks which fell down to earth at the time of creation and which became embedded in all aspects of existence; these sparks must be elevated in holiness for the world to achieve perfection as per the Divine plan. This is why the little things you do in life are sometimes more important than the big things—the journey is sometimes as or more important than the final destination.
When you go to work tomorrow, take a moment to appreciate how you got there. Every second of your trip matters—the people you meet on the way, the cup of coffee you drink while waiting for the bus, the piece of paper you throw in the trashcan—all are changed by your actions.
Quite often the things that are seemingly beyond your control are really opportunities to elevate sparks of Divine energy trapped in the mundane, and by doing so, to spiritualize the material—to bring infinite to the finite.
It's a deeper way of looking at the world. And when you begin looking at life this way, a whole new world will be revealed to you—a G-dly world, an immortal world, the real world.
Ask yourself: Have you ever stopped to think that everything little thing you do matters?
Exercise for the day:
- Write down one final request you have of G-d for the new year.
- Re-read the journal for the past two months.
- Enjoy all that you have accomplished. That matters too.
You have now concluded 60 days of hard — but exhilarating work. Feel proud.
As this rich season comes to a close, know that you have partaken in an extraordinary journey — on a road that has been traveled on for thousands of years.
Yet your journey this year covered a part of the road that has never been tread upon: Your unique journey.
And you have been blessed to reach here. Empowered with all the wealth of the holidays: Rosh Hashana — renewal; Yom Kippur — sanctity; Sukkot — joy; and Simchat Torah — ecstasy.
The next step is yours.
May you be blessed with a healthy, sweet and meaningful year. One filled with joy and happiness for you and your family.
60 days of work — A lifetime of blessings.
Tishrei 30, First Day of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
EVERYTHING YOU DO MATTERS
Once upon a time, the Baal Shem Tov sent a group of his students on an important mission to help a needy couple in another town. When they returned, he was not so interested in hearing about their mission as about the minutiae of their trip—what they ate, where the slept, how they traveled, etc.
They didn't understand the relevance of these details, but he insisted on hearing everything. When they related that one morning they sat down near a brook and drank some water there, his face lit up and he said, "That water was waiting from the beginning of time for someone to come and make a blessing over it and drink it."
In Jewish mystical thought, space, time, and matter are understood to be forces of Divine energy—sparks which fell down to earth at the time of creation and which became embedded in all aspects of existence; these sparks must be elevated in holiness for the world to achieve perfection as per the Divine plan. This is why the little things you do in life are sometimes more important than the big things—the journey is sometimes as or more important than the final destination.
When you go to work tomorrow, take a moment to appreciate how you got there. Every second of your trip matters—the people you meet on the way, the cup of coffee you drink while waiting for the bus, the piece of paper you throw in the trashcan—all are changed by your actions.
Quite often the things that are seemingly beyond your control are really opportunities to elevate sparks of Divine energy trapped in the mundane, and by doing so, to spiritualize the material—to bring infinite to the finite.
It's a deeper way of looking at the world. And when you begin looking at life this way, a whole new world will be revealed to you—a G-dly world, an immortal world, the real world.
Ask yourself: Have you ever stopped to think that everything little thing you do matters?
Exercise for the day:
- Write down one final request you have of G-d for the new year.
- Re-read the journal for the past two months.
- Enjoy all that you have accomplished. That matters too.
You have now concluded 60 days of hard — but exhilarating work. Feel proud.
As this rich season comes to a close, know that you have partaken in an extraordinary journey — on a road that has been traveled on for thousands of years.
Yet your journey this year covered a part of the road that has never been tread upon: Your unique journey.
And you have been blessed to reach here. Empowered with all the wealth of the holidays: Rosh Hashana — renewal; Yom Kippur — sanctity; Sukkot — joy; and Simchat Torah — ecstasy.
The next step is yours.
May you be blessed with a healthy, sweet and meaningful year. One filled with joy and happiness for you and your family.
60 days of work — A lifetime of blessings.
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