Exiled to Siberia, Reb Mendel Futerfas found himself in prison with a tightrope walker. Reb Mendel asked him, “I always wondered: You walk between such tall buildings – how do you maintain your balance?”

The tightrope walker answered, “It’s simple. Before I begin, I find an object on the other end and focus on it. I don’t dare take my eyes off the object while I’m walking. I don’t look to the right; I don’t look to the left. As long as I focus on my goal, I make it across.”

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Be focused like the tightrope walker, or else you’ll lose your footing.

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”

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