Not If, but How

Sometimes it may appear that you are stuck in a place where, according to all considerations, no good can come.

An obstacle prevents you from accomplishing something beneficial. A friend cannot be approached to help do someone a favor. A gathering of people seems meaningless.

The appropriate thing to do in such a situation is to throw out all considerations and just do.

Your job is not to determine if. Your job is to determine how.

Do, and you will see miracles.

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Brenda Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 3, 2019

Imagine The Miracle We witness how powerless we are to make peace between us! Each day we witness the divide, hatred and atrocities that increase.

How can we bring G_d's Light of peace and harmony to this chaotic world?

Just join together in one place in your minds and hearts where you imagine G_d's world. In His world our spirits are integrated to create a unified, harmonious system. With this mindset we provide Him the place to dwell between us.

We pulled off a miracle by imagining an unknown world beyond our experience!
Let's just do it!! Reply

Victoria Herr Carrollton May 3, 2019

Am gaining insight and courage through Daily Dose...so helpful to start the day in a meaningful way. Reply

Hershey Brooklyn January 23, 2018

Hashgacha Pratis In recent weeks I have been attempting to enter an aviation school, due to the financing & location restrictions, I was finding it rather difficult.

At last, I found a decent school and at a reasonable price. However, the instructor informed me of the bleak prospects of landing a good (paying) job.

Usually, the daily dose is waiting for me in my inbox in the morning. yesterday (the one I am now commenting on titled: Not If, but How) it wasn't in my inbox. meanwhile, my mentor told me to drop it. "you are wasting your time find something else." a minute after that the email arrived ending in "Do, and you will see miracles."

I took this as Hashkacha and decided to begin at the beginning and find the money to pay for classes (Sally Mae terminated its aviation loan program in due to the recession.) I went to the sally mae website in the hope of finding a low-interest loan and boom! They have aviation (re?)listed the school is not eligible but, "Do, and you will see miracles." Reply

James More Seaside City January 22, 2018

Hillel says, if not now when? Reply

Eugina Giovanna Herrera New York City, New York March 17, 2013

Seeing Miracles of Doing The possibilities of knowing of impossibilities is the knowledge and wisdom of our own selves when interacting without our G-d with prayers that goes unanswered, In other words, G-dliness will prevail with patience and humbleness. We can do more with the knowledge of our G-d of seeing "Miracles" of doing.

Thank you for the wisdom. Reply

sandee illinois March 17, 2013

your job... Shalom and blessings love that quote about your job is to determine how! I had to write this word of wisdom out. It is a keeper. Reply

Joseph D March 17, 2013

Not If but When.. Perfect timeing! Reply

Gavri Hanita Hazaka Abir Selek 2nd Canada March 17, 2013

Problems And Obsticles There are always problems in our lives and changeling obstacles that seem to consume us daily. A miracles would be for them to disappear. Take one of those problems and pray about it keep it before G-D and alway look for opportunity's that come your way to help change that problem in your life. When you have successfully done this then you have experience you need on how to remove all other problems and soon after all you problems will be gone. Pray in faith removes the mountains of problems we seem to suffer through in our lives. Reply

Anonymous March 17, 2013

order 1. Obstacle or challenge crops up

2. Plan how to solve

3. Execute/do the plan

In other words, think before you do, not do and then think. Of course there are exceptions such as receiving the Torah, " First we will do, then we will understand. " These are exceptions, not the norm. Reply

David Levant Emerson,N.J. March 17, 2013

...even in the valley of death Truth is,G-D is omnipresent,exists in all realms and places he wishes to do so.He is the boss,and can do whatever he wants.As humans,this could sound a little fearful at first,but G-D created the world and everything in it-and we are his.Happy is the man who puts his trust in G-D.If you put your trust in anything else,you surely will be disappointed. Reply

Jonathan Bromberg Norfolk, VA March 11, 2012

Not if, but when I have trouble remembering this wisdom, but I agree with you. Reply

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