There is a joke about these two shoe salesmen who travel to a third world country in search of new business opportunities.

One man calls his wife the moment he lands, telling her, "Honey, I'm coming back home. There's no hope here. Nobody here is wearing shoes, so there's no one to sell to." He boards the next flight home.

The second man calls his wife and says, "Honey, you wouldn't believe what I found here. There is so much opportunity. No one here is wearing shoes. I can sell to the whole country!"

There's opportunity everywhere. When we have a consciousness of expecting the magic to happen, it will happen. We'll find the right people, we'll move in the right circles, we'll 'bump' into the right solutions. It all starts with that opening in the mind.

Open up today. Open wide!

Whenever someone prepares a meal for my father, the Rav, he knows exactly what that person is going through. Just from tasting the food, he can tell everything about the chef.

This is what it means to be sensitive. And we all have this ability. When we are dealing with conflicts with our spouse or kids or colleagues, we have the ability to hone in on their pain, or confusion, or whatever it is that disturbs them. And we can help.

Think about this today. When are you are in contact with people, see if you can pick up what is going on beneath the surface.

"If you've saved one life, you've built a world." - The Zohar

One of the teachers here at the Centre had a student who committed suicide a couple of year back. The teacher was devastated and totally shaken because he felt like he let that person down in the most important way.

It makes me think how many people in our lives are on the brink of something terrible, and how many we can pull back from the edge just by taking an extra interest in them.

Today, really care about the people around you. Put in that extra effort - it can make all the difference in someone's life. When you pass a colleague in the hall and ask, how you doin', stick around to hear the answer

"Mirth [joking around] is no joke. It is actually an important component to achieving true wisdom. There is indeed no wisdom as clear and as deep as the wisdom that was achieved through mirth, for humor opens the heart and mind so that wisdom can be absorbed more wholly. Therefore, the sages would always begin their teachings with mirth." - The Zohar

Be funny today. Have a sense of humor about things. Be light (and you will be Light.)

"Every soul must come to me, to Kotzk, for salvation, even if it is behind the Mountains of Darkness ... I could, if only I wanted, bring the dead back to life, but my purpose is to keep the living alive." (Kotzker Rebbe, 18th century kabbalist)

He's telling us that most of us are asleep!

Today, focus on an aspect of your life where you're not fully alive. Ask yourself what you could do to make the situation better? Take full responsibility, put it all on you and ask yourself what you can do to make this situation come alive again.

How do we avoid losing the passion for our relationships, jobs, health, and spiritual connections? How do we stay true and committed?

Be conscious of why you are doing, what you are doing.

We fall into habits and shady corners in life, we get used to having people around or doing the same things day in, day out. We lose touch with the magic that attracted us initially, we lose that appreciation, we lose sight of what our goals were.

Today, focus on what you really want from all of the things you're filling your life with right now. If you don't know why you busy ourselves with your spiritual work, your friends, or your careers, you can never expect to see the results you wanted when you first started out.

My friend was so depressed yesterday, claiming he still hasn't 'found his purpose.'

I told him, savor the search as much as the finding.

If you find yourself feeling frustrated about not meeting certain spiritual expectations, take comfort — you're in good company. Moses. Jesus. Rav Shimon Bar Yochai.

For years my mother has been teaching me, if you are looking for a spiritual path, you are already on the path. The search for spirituality is spirituality.

The fact that you are looking for your purpose — and are even upset about not finding it — is the going outside your nature that's required to tear the veils covering your vision.

Today, appreciate your courage to be on this journey. Recommit to the search for your special connection, without expecting. If you won't stop trying, you'll never fail.

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