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Going Nowhere 

Even when it looks like you aren’t going anywhere, you are moving in place – you just don’t know it. You can move higher and higher on your path to Hashem without taking a single step forward.

Becoming a Giver

Businesses and institutions develop an “agenda” to meet their goals. The soul also has a goal - maturing from a taker into a giver. What is the soul’s agenda and how does it fit with our notion of freedom? 

The Full Life of a Wheat Field

If we judge a wheat field by the way it looked at a single point in time, we might make the tragic error of judging it to be worthless. Same goes with judging people (including ourselves). Never underestimate the ability to repent!

Feel Good Now

Can you feel good without having to run after the objects of your desire? Is it possible to feel good right now? YES! Read on...

Thanks for Winter!

It's easy to complain about winter… but it has many silver linings, besides some empowering reminders for us during hard times.

The Worst Comes True

Sometimes, a person's worst-case scenario actually comes true in order to show him that everything Hashem does is truly for the very best...

A Slice of Heaven

Our world is overflowing with instant gratification. However the body is an animal; the more we feed our lusts & desires, the LESS satisfied we are. Whoever waits gets the cake…

The Last Punch

Sometimes, we make a good resolution, but struggle to keep it. Don’t give up! In the war against the Evil Inclination, the winner is the one who throws the last punch…

The Shape Game

What happens when we are forced into new situations, and our old cut-out of ourselves no longer fits into the box?