Personal Mitzvah

As a child, growing up Orthodox, I found myself surrounded by rabbis who functioned as G-d's policemen: "don't do that-- it's a sin," they would tell me, rather than telling me why to do the mitzvah in the first place.
Today, a rabbi myself, I consider myself a teacher, not a policeman. There are so many mitzvote, so much beauty-- how can we harden our hearts? Let everyone choose whatever mitzvah moves them, and do it with the fullest kavana/intention/goodwill possible: that will be the finest sort of tikkun olam/repair of the world, and also link G-d's feminine and masculine personas.