Purpose

There are no waiting rooms in life.

In each journey of your life you must be where you are.

You may imagine you are only passing through on your way to somewhere more important.

But your purpose at this moment is in where you are right now.

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. To order Rabbi Freeman’s latest book, Wisdom to Heal the Earth, click here.

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Brenda Toronto, ON, Canada December 16, 2024

Right now humanity stands ar the lowest point of the soul's descent.
It has lost the light of connection between us. The sensation of separateness and individualism is operating at the highest notch of our egoistic nature.

Right now is the time to recognize our situation. It is time for the correction process. This is the purpose of our life.

It's time to follow the inner work revealed in the Torah. This spiritual work is the meaning of our life. Our reward is the sublime sensation of life in oneness. Reply

John Riggs December 16, 2024

Powerful words - your purpose is exactly where we are right now. We are not in transit, though we may feel it to be so. Thank you. Baruch Hashem from NC, USA. Reply

Tom Nanuet December 15, 2024

Read Ecclesiates chapter 3
This is our purpose in life Reply

Anonymous USA November 13, 2012

Purpose? For forty years I worked hard and for others. Gave or shared nearly all I had. Now in my late 50s I live on disability with less than $1,000 to pay medical bills and buy food for family of three. G-d either hates me or needs a good laugh. The poor in USA is worse under Obama then ever.

G-d turned his back so why believe? Reply

Andrew Ireland December 16, 2024

in response to Anonymous:

I totally sympathise with you.
I used to feel like that, I denied myself so that others could enjoy life.

My wrong understanding of God led me to believe that God wanted only to humiliate me.

It's wise to come back to basics,
'Love your neighbour as yourself' Reply

Giovanna (16) Seagoville December 16, 2024

in response to Anonymous:

Job 2 11:13-20
"If you devote tour heart to Him and spread put your hands to Him, if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent, then you will lift up your face without reproach; you will stand firm and without fear. You will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away. Life will be brighter than noonday; darkness like the morning. You will be confident because there IS hope; you will look about you and lie down in safety. You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, many will seek your favor. But the eyes of the wicked will fall, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath."
Job 17:11-12
"My days have passed, my plans are torn apart. Yet the desires of my heart turn light into day; in the face of darkness light is near"
Sometimes you have to go through the bad to get to the good, Hashem will take care of you, trust in him and he will take care of you :)) Reply

Josh Mark Jerusalem December 17, 2024

in response to Anonymous:

If I could I would hug you. Just to remind you that you're not alone. But I'm here in Jerusalem and you're there. So what can you do? Judaism has always taught us that poverty and disability is in the attitude. That probably doesn't make you feel any better but it gives a little wiggle room. Find something or someone to invest your love in. Rich or poor, abled or disabled there's something or someone out there who you can love, who needs what you have that no one else has to offer. I'll be praying for you Reply

Richard Rapanos Mission, B.C Canada December 17, 2024

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G-d has not turned His back on you. Please look at your situation from a different perspective: In our sufferings- no matter how severe, if we can still praise G-d for who He is, then what you are doing is storing up treasures for yourself in Heaven. G-d has given you this "gift" of suffering because He is using you to help someone in similar situations. He has chosen you for this purpose. Please do not waste your pain. If people see how much you are suffering, and that you still trust and praise the living, sovereign G-d, then, they may be converted. As I said, you are storing up GREAT treasures in heaven. Reply

Gavri Hanita Hazaka Abir Selek 2nd Canada November 13, 2012

Purpose? Somethings we do how know what our purpose for life is and may not understand we have purpose and meaning. In these times of uncertainty going from pillar to post in life looking for our meaning or purpose in our lives that we seem to overlook what is right in from of us. Everyone has been given gifts from G-D and no one has been left out. Look to the things you do the best and the things that interest you. It one place to start looking and another good place is in prayer before G-D. G-D is our center and our focus in HIM all the "t's" are crossed and all the and the i's are dotted. If you need help unwinding then see a Rabbi for counseling. Reply

Nina Oklahoma City, Oklahoma June 24, 2010

Be in The Moment This makes me think: If Moses had been in a hurry to get to wherever He was going that day, he might have not noticed the Egyptian beating whom he would learn was his own kinsman, flesh and blood. In that moment, Moses rescued this Son of the Covenant from this violent attack, and G-d revealed to Moses that he too was a Son of the people of Abraham. Can one imagine a greater thing being yielded than in that moment? Reply

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