The Rebbe comments1 that the single dot’s placement in three different positions to form three different vowels—chirik, beneath the letter; milupim, in the middle; and finally cholam, on the top—reflects three different levels in a person’s service to G‑d. While it’s true that the letters of the alef-beis (in a Torah scroll) are preordained by G‑d, it is up to us as individuals where we position the dot.
Though much has been predetermined in Heaven, it is in our power to wallow at the bottom level, to live a life of mediocrity in the middle, or to ascend, rising all the way to the top of our potential and our relationship with G‑d. We have the free choice to decide how to live our life and what to make of it.
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