In this week's Parsha Moshe makes an extremely polarized statement. He states "See, I have placed before you a blessing and a curse, ... choose the blessing". No middle ground is offered. You can either follow the commandments and prosper greatly or not listen and be cursed.
Can't there be some neutral behaviors or neutral people, neither good nor bad, is everything I do that polarized?
When I first started to play Chess I did not realize how significant the opening moves were . They are essential for positioning for the rest of the game, in fact every move is extremely significant. There is no such thing as a wasted or neutral move, you will either be getting your men in to better position or hurting your army. Every move is crucial. This is true of every game involving strategy from checkers to basketball.
Life is like running up a down escalator, if you are standing still you are moving backwards.
A Chassidish Rebbe was having a Shabbos dinner when one of his sons moved his arm and accidentally spilled a cup of wine. The Rebbe was not upset over the spilled wine, he was upset his son moved his arm without purpose.
In life there are no "neutral" actions. Everything has either a positive or negative effect on us. Every action is either productive or unnecessary. Everything we do has an opportunity cost because we are finite beings, with a limited amount of time on this planet. We do not have unlimited moves in the game of life.
Moshe was telling us, we must use our moves wisely. How we choose to spend our time today affects the moves we can make latter in the day, week, year and the rest of our life. In Chess as well as life, It is important to have good sight, what is more important is to have good foresight.
Can't there be some neutral behaviors or neutral people, neither good nor bad, is everything I do that polarized?
When I first started to play Chess I did not realize how significant the opening moves were . They are essential for positioning for the rest of the game, in fact every move is extremely significant. There is no such thing as a wasted or neutral move, you will either be getting your men in to better position or hurting your army. Every move is crucial. This is true of every game involving strategy from checkers to basketball.
Life is like running up a down escalator, if you are standing still you are moving backwards.
A Chassidish Rebbe was having a Shabbos dinner when one of his sons moved his arm and accidentally spilled a cup of wine. The Rebbe was not upset over the spilled wine, he was upset his son moved his arm without purpose.
In life there are no "neutral" actions. Everything has either a positive or negative effect on us. Every action is either productive or unnecessary. Everything we do has an opportunity cost because we are finite beings, with a limited amount of time on this planet. We do not have unlimited moves in the game of life.
Moshe was telling us, we must use our moves wisely. How we choose to spend our time today affects the moves we can make latter in the day, week, year and the rest of our life. In Chess as well as life, It is important to have good sight, what is more important is to have good foresight.
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