Questions for today:
Why are people so compelled by the attention we get from others? Where can I find in the framework of my creation, an onus to create happiness in another?
We mentioned the 12 Torah passages that the Rebbe encouraged children to learn and the deep life lessons that they contain. Today, we touch on another one.
There are two types of joy. There is the joy that comes as a result of something great happening to me.
Then, there's a whole new level, the joy that comes when I can have an impact on someone else. This can be when someone laughs at my joke, when a recipe I post on Facebook becomes some family's annual tradition, or when the song I sing brightens up the day of a musical idol that I worship.
Can we have that impact on the Creator?
Remember as a kid when you got a light up yo-yo, you quickly ran to find the darkest room in the house so you can see the brightness light up the room.
When I look in the mirror and see darkness in my nature, such as the self-centeredness of my body such that I don't recognize other people's feelings, I shouldn’t feel down and depressed about myself.
Instead, I should realize that the Creator purposely created this division so that I can bring Him joy when I brighten up that darkness, when I find a way to help others.
084 Tanya Adar 13 ~ m098c Adar I, 29c
Tanya book 1, Ch 33, Pt 3
When we think of the extra light our good exudes, in the darkness of the nature G-d created within us, it brings us great joy.
Additionally, it leads to another, much greater joy - the recognition that the Creator, who made the darkness specifically for the additional light our good deeds will then add, is thrilled by our actions.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=3/2/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPdnZCJXZdo&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=85