Some 35 years ago I read Rav Hillel"s few lines, If I am not for myself, who will be for me?If I am not for me, who will be for me? And when I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, then when?
it flew in the face of the culture I was raised in, Socialism... I cried, and started to attempt to integrate it.
It took me 35 years.
It"s the hardest of any journey to self-love, self care.
It was for me, and it may be for you... It is easier when you have a teacher.
The main job of a teacher is to hold the dirt while you are digging for gold. The gold is there, but unless someone is there to hold the dirt, the dirt falls back into the hole and covers the gold.
I just listened to a TED talk, and it lays out an amazing and simple way to take care of yourself...
Watch it. Weep if you must. And then do what it asks you to do.
If I am not for me, who will be for me? And when I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, then when?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXCiv4sc5eY
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