For each problem, look for the crux of the issue and find the most direct, simple and powerful solution. The solution that pulls the rug out from under the feet of the problem and leaves it no room to return.
This solution will likely also be the most outrageous. That’s okay. You’ll do it in a perfectly natural way, as though this is just the way things have always been done. Don’t bat an eyelid and no one else will.
Light
30ft menorah (laughing here)
Amazingly, how many non Jews know about Chanukah?
Changing tactics works - do not go under, often go over and sometimes simply walk away with grace, trust in the L-rd G-d and he will carry you through.
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The Rebbe Maharash had this saying: "The whole world says, if you can't go under, go over. I say, forget going under, just go over!"
The life coach is the whole world he is talking about--if you can't use a normal solution, try an outrageous one. The Rebbe Maharash was both a mystic and a leader who had to deal with a Czarist regime that was out to break the soul and body of the Jew, and he was a man who ran his life by outrageous solutions.
Like for example, today:
Problem: There are Jews who do not know it is Chanukah.
Solution: Light a 30 foot menorah in town square!
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Just go over it I don't understand the "spiritual/religious" or introspective aspect to this posting; it almost sounds like something a life coach would say to someone who is desperate. Can you be more specific?...Thanks. Reply
Just Go Over It I first read this Daily Dose on 12-19-08 and actually incorporated it into my life!
I'm a disabled person with left side paralysis ... and one who hates to ask for help. My small problem was in changing light bulbs; I could remove the glass globe, but could not get it back in place - that was the problem.
The solution was to just not use the globe which meant only having to ask for help once. (As light bulbs burned out, they were replaced with the new energy efficient bulbs.)
What can I say? Little things mean a lot. My example may not me “spiritual/religious” but it is practical and works for me.