Yehuda Berg’s Blog

All giving is not good.  Consider this statement from the Rav:
 
“We must investigate our motivations for sharing.  For example, you want to give to your child, but you might want to do so for your own sake rather than hers.  So you smother her with goodness.  It’s true that you are sharing your energy, but you are potentially destroying the child.  Even though you are sharing something good, giving can have a bad side if there is an exaggerated discharge of energy.
 
Occasionally my ego may tell me that if I give to someone I will be able to control that person, and this becomes the solitary reason for giving.  Then the person becomes dependent upon me.  True sharing must be balanced.”

Answer these questions today: 

Is my sharing balanced?

With whom am I sharing selfishly?

Every difficult situation is sent our way to help us to grow.  Too bad we push the uncomfortable away.
 
Let’s say you’re in severe financial difficulty. God comes to you and says he/she will give you a million dollars every time someone hurts you or angers you — provided you completely let go of any reactive feelings. Simply put, you cannot take anything personally. You have to let it go!
 
What would be on your mind all day? You’d be praying for God to send you people to hurt you. You’d wake up every morning searching out all the difficult relationships and offensive people!
 
The fact is, when you live your life with this in mind, you receive something more valuable than a million dollars. You receive the Light, which already includes financial sustenance, rejuvenation, well-being, happiness, and peace of mind.
 
Today, embrace the uncomfortable.  Look for the silver dollar in every dark cloud.

“What does Kabbalah say about depression?”

Depression is merely a lack of Light. If you walk into a dark room, you don’t complain and worry about all the darkness. You simply flip on a light switch and the darkness vanishes. Sharing with people is our light switch.

YES, IT IS THAT SIMPLE!

Today, go out and share. Help someone who is in a worse situation than you. Find someone who is hurting more than you. When you share, you draw Light into your soul. And Light removes all the darkness and depression that you feel.