075 Tanya Adar 4~ m090 Adar I, 21
Questions for today:
The Mishneh that teaches to be humble to every person is in the Torah, so not semantic. How can I not just act humbly, but in fact be truly humble, to everyone?
A fellow sees an empty seat at the Superbowl. He tells the woman on the other side, “I wonder whose seat this is?” She responds that it was her late husband’s seat. He says, “I'm so sorry for your loss, but I’m surprised that no one in the family took the ticket.” She says, “Me too, they all insisted on going to the funeral.”
That response would be decidedly less dramatic if it was someone else making it, such as a friend or business associate. They would also be missed at the funeral, but it would be much more understandable. Conversely, if they would skip the Superbowl to attend the funeral, it would be so much more meaningful.
Over the past few lessons, we were discussing being introspective about our humble stance in our relationship between us and the Creator. We said that we can't compare ourselves with anybody else around us until we went a mile in their shoes.
Today, we take it a step farther. We cannot compare to others how much good, or how little bad we’ve done because it's not a competition, it's a relationship.
It's possible that our choices, relative to our relationship with the Creator, put us in a more humble position than all of the seven billion people around us.
Tanya book 1, ch 30, Pt 6
Don't compare until you walk a mile in their shoes - on steroids.
It's not a competition, it's a relationship. My good, shy of what's expected, might be a colder approach to the Creator, than the next person's perhaps lesser, yet more exerted, good.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=2/22/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1S8plzhnlE&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=76