Questions for today:
How do blessings impact me, and what does that say about who and what I am?
When something good happens to me, do I become more proud, or more humble?
This isn't a question about reaction - it's a defining question of who and what I am.
When Haman was asked who to honor he immediately thought about himself. Contrast that with our forefather Jacob who when he had all the blessings given to him in life, he said "I became small".
This is because if life is all about myself, the more that I get the bigger I am, the greater I am.
However, if I live my life appreciative - thankful to the Creator for giving me everything, and thinking what can I do to make an impact? what am I here for? In that case, the more that I'm given the more humbled and appreciative I am.
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Tanya book 4, Essay 2, pt1
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