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Tomorrow Is the Rebbe's Yahrtzeit

Tomorrow marks the yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. I want to share something about why his teachings are so central to everything we're building in this community.

I grew up around the Rebbe's influence. His letters, his talks, his way of guiding people. But it took me years to realize what made his approach so different from anything else I'd encountered.

Most teachers I learned from gave me ideas to think about. The Rebbe gave people something to do. Not eventually. Not when you feel ready. Now. Today. Something small, something specific, something real. He didn't wait for people to figure themselves out before asking them to act. He understood that the acting itself is what changes you.

There's a line that kept showing up in his letters that I've never been able to shake. He would tell people not to be overwhelmed by the size of the problem. Not because the problem wasn't real, but because the overwhelm itself was the thing stopping them from doing the one next thing they could do.

I think about that constantly. How often do I let the size of what needs to change paralyze me from doing the one thing I could do right now?

Tomorrow I'll share more about what this day means. But for today, I want to leave you with this: If you've never explored the Rebbe's writings, we have a full course of his letters right here in the classroom. A good place to start is "Conquering Self Before Conquering the World": https://www.skool.com/calmer/classroom/deace024?md=9b9061ebcf9943e1b8867d9a712b67eb

What's one thing you've been putting off because the bigger picture feels too overwhelming?

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