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I love Chabad partly for it's wisdom such as this. Reply

IMO there is only one thing wrong, and when we fix that we will be well on the way to fixing everything. All of creation exists in “time”, and every form begins and ends there—in the Creator’s mind. But our awareness (soul) is not in time at all, because it is eternal
and always has been what is known as “a tiny part of Hashem” made in His image.
However, our sensory report (the 5 images the brain creates) fools us because we see everything as individually separate from everything else. If we can break that habit and notice that for us it is always Now, that we can’t see the past or future but only imagine/remember bits of it, we can begin to realize that we identify with our concepts, which are expressed in thoughts and words, and that the word is not the thing, is not actuality (as in the word ‘truck” is not an actual truck.) Pure imagination, knowledge, aka consciousness, which is not pure awareness. Reply

We descend to this material world to fix the relationships between us.
We must first recognize the cause of our faulty, broken connections.
Our egoistic nature and needs results in all the harm, conflict, hatred and separation between people and nations.
We need to make effort to feel another as part of myself. G_d has organized us into a global world at a time when our egos have maxed out. The global pandemic was a lesson in mutual responsibility towards each other.
We must effort to recalibrate our ego to include others as part of me. G_d waits to guide us to fix our broken connections otherwise we can expect to learn under more challenging means. Reply

So I hope that it will last. Reply

Thanks Rabbi Freeman, great insight. Reply

Above all else do no wrong is one of the philosophies at a school I attended. If the problem is greater than my skill, refer the person to a more highly skilled caregiver without making matters worse.

Lo alecha ham'lacha ligmor, Lo alecha ligmor. V' lo ata ben chorim l'hibatil mimena, V'lo ata ben chorin. It is not your duty to complete the work. Reply

Thanks Rabbi Freeman.. Anonymous does make a good point but your response nails it for me. The operative word being 'try'. Success ain't in my hands. The effort is. Shalom! Reply

Maybe it came into my world so that I would learn that I can't fix everything The answer to the question "But do not say there is nothing you can do. Because, if that were true, why would this broken thing have come into your world?" is obvious:

Maybe the broken and unfixable thing came into my world so that I would learn that I can't fix everything. Reply

There is an old saying: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. And another old saying: If it isn't broke then don't fix it. While it is a good idea to keep busy and to do thing which come your way to do as you know how to do them. It is better if we do not jump ahead of our selves to correct what does not need to be corrected. Or to procrastinate about doing something tomorrow which should be done today. Reply

Broken Pieces We are not one whole connected system
We are broken
We need to discover the proper connections between us to give the system life. Reply