Your Work Can Be Holy

The Chofetz Chaim once told a pharmacist that he envied him for the countless mitzvos he performed daily, dealing with life-and-death chessed situations. 

The pharmacist replied that it was simply his livelihood. 

The Chofetz Chaim responded, “If you have in mind that you also wish to do a mitzvah, then all of your actions will become mitzvos.”

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Nachamu Nachamu Ami

Tisha B’Av shows us how far we’ve fallen; Shabbos Nachamu shows us how high we’re destined to rise.

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Good in Disguise

One must believe with emuna sheleima that everything Hashem does is for a person’s benefit. 

And when the tzaros are so great that a person cannot understand how it could possibly be good,  then the good is surely even greater!

~ R’ Moshe of Korbin zt”l

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The 60/40 Ratio

A man struggling with parnassah and trying to marry off his daughters asked the Beis Yisrael for advice. 

The Rebbe told him: “Focus on the good.  Make your tefillos 60% praise and 40% requests.”

The man shifted to gratitude, and within months, his life turned around.

Later, he noticed that Hallel follows the same formula: Six “Hodu LaShem” and four “Ana Hashem.” 

This ratio brings yeshuos!  Try it!

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Too Much

Someone who does too much hishtadlus can be compared to a merchant who has already paid his taxes, and yet runs after the tax collectors to give them some more money. 

~ R’ Eliyahu Dessler zt”l

We build the vessel with hishtadlus, but only Hashem can fill it.

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The Long View

You may not see it now, but in hindsight, you’ll thank Hashem for the “no” that led to your real “yes.”

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Be Nice

Try to be nice to people for no reason.  If you’re in camp…go to the cook and say the food was amazing.  You hear a shiur from someone, tell him, “Wow, it was amazing.” 

It doesn’t make a difference if it was or not. You’ll make him feel like a million dollars. Why not?

You can do this 24 hours a day. And you’ll get used to it.  Train yourself to be nice just for being nice.

~ R’ Nissan Kaplan

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Hello

During these [9] days, we abstain and refrain from things like meat, wine, laundry, music, and haircuts.  But, there is something in particular we should do more of during this time, an area we should increase our attention and focus on:

Saying hello to one another.

~ R’ Efrem Goldberg

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Maybe it’s me

Moshiach once came to the Tolna Rebbe and asked if he should come now or wait until more Yidden are rectified.  “If I come now, there will be some neshamos who will never be rectified.”  

The Rebbe told Moshiach to wait until all of the neshamos are ready.  

When one of his chassidim protested, “Wouldn’t it be better for Moshiach to come now? Why wait for those few souls?”

The Tolna Rebbe answered, “You are one of those souls.”

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You’re Going to Laugh

In the future, everything will be explained. 

We will be told why we had to go through what we did. 

And then we will laugh at how worried and upset we were at the time. 

We will see that everything was for our benefit.

~ R’ Dovid of Lelov zt”l

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