Go Ahead, Dream.
I had a dream.
A pretty insignificant, silly one, but the analysis I made of it brought me to a tough reality: I am so hung-up on physicality. The dream was simple – a burning house (mama ball of fire rolling…), where once I’d gotten everyone out safely, I ran back in, in order to retrieve things I felt couldn’t be left behind. Though only a dream, it hit me.
How pathetic!
If only we realized what truly matters in life. If only we recognized the pettiness of our mundane thoughts, words, and our attention to physicality are. The Rebbe gave us clear direction. What does G-d want? Not for us to merely give attention to all the physicality He created, rather for us to look for the essential purpose encompassing everything physical.
Why was it all created? Everything serves a purpose, just the same as each of His human beings do. If we really thought about that and really kept that awareness in the forefront of our minds, we would perform so differently.
It is all about intention – kavanah. Choices, decisions, are the most difficult. You want to do what’s best for you, but what really is the best for you? The present is what is important, but know that everything you are doing, has a lasting effect in the long-run.
After all, the world was created for us and Torah (1st passuk – rashi – bais raishis nivra haolam), so it is up to us, essentially, to reconcile the two in order that G-d should dwell down here permanently.
And so, I bless us all with consistent, ever-lasting, unfaltering strength and proper judgment – next yr, this summer, now, this second, and forever.
A pretty insignificant, silly one, but the analysis I made of it brought me to a tough reality: I am so hung-up on physicality. The dream was simple – a burning house (mama ball of fire rolling…), where once I’d gotten everyone out safely, I ran back in, in order to retrieve things I felt couldn’t be left behind. Though only a dream, it hit me.
How pathetic!
If only we realized what truly matters in life. If only we recognized the pettiness of our mundane thoughts, words, and our attention to physicality are. The Rebbe gave us clear direction. What does G-d want? Not for us to merely give attention to all the physicality He created, rather for us to look for the essential purpose encompassing everything physical.
Why was it all created? Everything serves a purpose, just the same as each of His human beings do. If we really thought about that and really kept that awareness in the forefront of our minds, we would perform so differently.
It is all about intention – kavanah. Choices, decisions, are the most difficult. You want to do what’s best for you, but what really is the best for you? The present is what is important, but know that everything you are doing, has a lasting effect in the long-run.
After all, the world was created for us and Torah (1st passuk – rashi – bais raishis nivra haolam), so it is up to us, essentially, to reconcile the two in order that G-d should dwell down here permanently.
And so, I bless us all with consistent, ever-lasting, unfaltering strength and proper judgment – next yr, this summer, now, this second, and forever.
posted by yoniQua at 9:34 AM
2 Comments:
so funny we just learned about bechira too and you know every time that i learn it again i still feel like its new and exciting again
by the way how did you like tzfat
tell me the truth though
hey - ya i had a good time in tzfat... met some great jeru girls and hung out with the m2 girls... unfortunately I wasnt too into the speakers bc i didnt feel like they were talking to US necessarily, more like they were speaking for themselves if u know what i mean...but i guess we all do that.
mrs piekarski was great. the food was waaaayy beyond our expectations, btw.
And...chitric sem isnt as bad as i thought, though the girls are exactly as i imagined - imagined - bc we never see them in town!!
email me...mwa
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