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Time Machine
Discuss (14)If you could travel back in time, what could you change? The world, its past and its present all belong to the Creator. All is as He wills it to be.
Perhaps you could replay some crucial scenes and distance yourself from the mess that occurred. Perhaps you could jump in and grab credit for some of the good.
But for that, you don’t need a time machine. All you need is to stand right where you are and say, “I messed up. I lost my chance. I learned my lesson and now I will do things differently.”
You will change yourself. You will change your past. You will say, “I am no longer the person who lived in that past.”
In fact, you do have a time machine.
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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San jose, Costa rica
In the most important day of the jewish religion, I will do my best to became a new person, and try to change, so all my family will be proud of me
lima, Perú
Forest Hills, NY/USA
Roberts, Id
Sorry, but I can't agree with "All is as He wills it to be". It looks that His will is not to interfere so people can have their free will.
Toronto, CDN
My response: Yes, it's a puzzle and I'm not sure within the realm of the human mind to resolve. But this is the simple faith of a Jew, as the sages taught: Everything is in the hands of heaven except for the fear of heaven. Meaning that whatever occurs is what He intended to occur, but it is up to us whether we take responsibility for the good or for the bad, whether we play the losers or the heroes of the story.
See The Paradox of Free Choice: Six Questions.
Thank you.
MIlford, CT
There's no right or wrong or good or bad but different choices of expressions.
Australia