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Daily Thought
Life upon this earth is worthwhile—every moment of it. It is impossible that G‑d breathes life into you and yet you have no purpose in being alive. G‑d does not create failures.
We all know the specter of futility. Empty, wasted days—even lives that would seem far better off had they never been.
But it is all an artifact of our constricted view.
We who have no clue of the purpose of each life within the Creator’s grand scheme, no knowledge of the story of the divine spark within each creature. No concept of who we truly are. How could we measure the value of one more breath of life?
If we had a...