Adulthood

By Tzvi Freeman

Three things you must know to be an adult:

Don't fool yourself.

Don't fool others.

Don't let others fool you.

-- and do it all without trying to impress anybody.

(The 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom DovBer, told this to his son before his bar mitzvah.)

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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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