Cleaning Up

All people have their own faults, some worse than others, but have a nice long talk with yourself and admit what you actually look like, and act like. If you admit the truth to G D, and don't lie, there's hope for everyone; even the worst of the worst. Maybe there are evil demons roaming around in your mind instead of nice sparkling angels. If you have the will power to change your thoughts and actions,
G D, will help to change your heart making you into a new person. Reply

From Arbit: Hashem Master of hosts is with us; stronghold for us is G-d.
We are already looking FROM that thing we are looking for. Reply

The saying goes" look yourself in the mirror." Do you like what you see? Do you like that person in the mirror? The answers should be : yes, but what better time tor examining ourselves? True, there are some issues that we should not like about ourselves which need improvement. That is not a criticism, but a fact because we are human. Positing the questions to oneself : how can I improve today? Are we being social enough? Are we giving tzedakah enough? Are we generous enough? Do we get angry easily? Can we hear what another person is telling us without being annoyed? Do we tarry to do an assigned job? If any of those questions receives a no, then it is time to tackle it. Working with one problem at the time is best. Furthermore, not because we do that better one time the problem is solved- everything we do needs some practice to become an acquired habit. That is the real meaning of Tikkun- a word distorted to chase political issues that have no meaning to be near H'. Reply

Good 🌻 Morning,

Early one morning I went bike riding in a park. It's been years since I rode a bike. I was a bit wobbly at first, but when I got my balance it was easy peasy. It was nice, I passed some walkers, and I was proud of myself. Then I hit a bump in the road and I fell! I was ashamed. I looked around to see if anyone saw me fall and was laughing, but I saw no one. Thank goodness! I had a few scrapes, but I picked myself and the bike up and started to ride again. Each time it got easier until I was able to joined a bicycle club and went riding as a group. It was fun! Such is life - falling down isn't failure, but it is the choice of staying down that is. If we fall, let our inner strength and Torah pick us back up and start again. In the words of the Rebbe [bless his righteous memory] and the Torah, "You will succeed," If you don't give up!

Thank you,
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I love this message! We have to recognize who we are! Very important and it helps grow! Reply

Daily Dose: Cleaning Up In this post you said "everyone" has parts that are "not good"--does this include tzadikim? Sorry, a bit confused! Reply

Facing problems This puts to mind all the things I take to be a stumbling block or a great brick wall, things that are simple for everyone else- just another part of life and living through the day. But many of those things can be an astronomical discomfiture to any one person who identifies as being different from the crowd. The ideal thought I've had to put to mind is that I have to get over it, go through it and do it and then it will be over. It doesn't always work, hardly ever works, but I know it will be over at some point and then I can concentrate on putting my energy else where. Reply

Everyone It is more of a divine path if you live in one.

Thank you Reply

Tests And Trials Every human has flaws and faults. It is in realizing our flaws and faults that changes on the human level can be made possible. Our not so good day are the trials we bear, they are tests that we go through so that if we learn from them we can move on to different trials and learn and move on in them as well. The path of the Divine is and always will be the standards of HIS Word to us. These standards create boundaries for us to follow and succeed on our ways through these trials. Reply

"Come unto Pharoah" - help to cleanup Our natural desires prohibit us from annullling self-love - we are forced to calculate each act for our benefit. We are unable to serve another as self.

Each time we reveal our evil motives G_d advises us to ask Him to "Come unto Pharoah"- to request help from Him against the pharaoh controlling us within.

Then when we think we are clear of this monster,G_d "hardens the heart of Pharoah" He puts more difficult obstacles in our way for us to reveal deeper levels of our bad intentions to others. Each of us has to refine our qualities until they align with G_dliness and we achieve unconditional love. Reply

Honesty This strikes a chord. While cleaning up my act, I now say, "It may not be pretty (where I find myself at times), but I'm responding from being honest with you and myself." Reply

Encouraging! This encourages me to walk on divine path. Reply

Cleaning Up We can't chase away who we are. Perhaps what we need to do is simply accept and love all aspects of ourselves and know that we need all parts of ourselves to be whole. When we can be so accepting and loving of ourselves, then we may find that it follows that we are as loving and accepting of others. Reply

Cleaning up It is hard sometimes to admit that you've done something wrong to someone close to you -with me it was my sister-and I had to admit to myself that I DO things that are imperfect-and this was a delicate issue with me-I find the more you build a wall around yourself and say I am perfect the harder it becomes when you realize-merely that you are not perfect-which is what happened to me-Thank you for writing this. Reply

judgements The challenge is what to do with the share of "not good" in the people around me and yes its impossible that a physical being should be void of faults. Its easy to become judgemental and make demands about how the other person should be.
Noticing my own judgements and demands,I can choose to drop them because they only get in the way of the unconditional love I am striving to acheive to bring Moshiach. Reply

Easy Doing the easy things makes life hard.

Doing the hard things makes life easy. Reply