True Naivete

we are here to make a tikun so it can not be utopia even though we wish and believe it should be. once we understand that we would love G-d even though it is not as we want it to be.
gam zu letova, this too is for the best.

That was heart felt wonderfully said! I feel my flame burning upward from that!

Thank you Rabbi Freeman your doing a great job!!!

This is true; and thank G-d that it is true...and it makes Me think of the scripture: "and a little child shall lead them".
And I think that is why We have Torah to guide us...because in reality We are inclined toward our own interests and needs. And Torah teaches us how to live justly and humbly.....and the child is like Adam and Eve before the fall....and The Torah enables us to recover that purity of newly created human beings by living its precepts that give us the benefit of their wisdom....but....humility is not easy for us as adults.....Children are candid and "tell it like it is"....and G-d often dissarms us with their perspicacity...Thank G-d for children.

Rabbi Friedman you are so right. I don't think that I have ever outgrown this, but do I really want to. I work with children and see this quality in them always. Thanks again for your daily doses

Yes, the child IS right.

But too often the child is told,
"Life is not fair."

And when the child's complaint is that he is being physically abused, this comment is especially cruel.

Other adults should not stand by and permit parents to subject a child to routine daily beatings with a belt or other object to the point that the child shrieks with fear and pain.

Other adults should at least listen to the child's report of being molested (or worse).

Other adults should not claim that any of this is merely part of life.

But adults DO abandon children to the mercies of other adults, and refuse to listen to the child's reports of being molested.

Adults are loyal to other adults. The mother is loyal to the molester, not to the child. That is the usual situation in these cases.

Where is the parent who will be loyal to the child?

so what should a child learn from teachers? Teachers know how the real worl d operates but allow the child to learn on their own. This seems to be a breach of the fiduciary duty owed by the teacher and community at large to care for and educate G-d's child about reality.

Steve Fox - a naive child of G-d just starting to grow-up

Thank you so much for your intuition and insight - your daily messages often hit the nail on the head for me. I can't wait to get on line each morning to see what you have said then I think about your words though the day and occasionally repeat them to friends and family. You are so Right On!

Thank you

This is how we KNOW that children are closer to Gd and connect with Him on a different level. They should be taught about Him at a young age, when they can connect to Him without the cynicism, doubt, or animosity that adults so often have. This was a beautiful "Daily Dose" today. Thanks!