MyLife Essay Contest 2016 It is often misconceived that removal of a negative entity implies that a positive entity will take its place. This notion has become a basis for humanity’s languishing, under achieving, idleness, and an overall abandonment of the development of human potential, since once the negativity is removed, positivity is not
MyLife Essay Contest “The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s most prominent founding fathers said the above quote, and would probably go into shock if he saw the state of Americans today. The current Millennial generation, myself included, are a
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 This essay will focus on the lessons that Chasidus derives from Har Sinai- Mt. Sinai, in regards to self esteem, and more specifically the feeling of inadequacy. The two paradoxical points represented in Har Sinai, a mountain, yet a low one, teach us a balance that we need to find between
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 The last suitcase was zipped and rolled to the door. The royal carriage waits outside the palace gates, its horses restless. One last round of hugs and kisses and off he goes, down the winding road, taking him far from the familiar and deep into the unknown. It was for
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 The Rebbe’s first and long-awaited Maamar, Basi Legani 5711, is not only a sequel to the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Maamar Basi Legani 5710, but the “mission statement” containing the goal of the Rebbe’s leadership and what the accomplishment of our generation—the seventh from the Alter Rebbe—ought to be. This essay will
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Introduction Stress is a serious condition. For example, according to a survey from the American Psychological Association, more than one third of American workers experience chronic work stress. The economic toll of this stress amounts to billions of dollars a year in lost work hours and medical bills. Psychologists have come up with many
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 It is frustrating. As I go from one stage in life to the next, I feel that I have lost my footing. Here I am being transformed from a student in high school into a counselor at a camp for tweens. From one responsibility to the next I feel that
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Apathy and obesity are large problems in a modern society. Apathy is compared in Chassidus to Amalek, the ultimate enemy of the Jewish people who attacked from behind. The Torah tells us to wipe out Amalek, just as we must wipe out apathy. However, it is hard to stay motivated
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 PILOT OR CO-PILOT A few years ago, I quoted a saying of mine to a fourth grade Hebrew school class, “If G-d is your co-pilot, you might want to change seats.” A precocious girl challenged my quip saying “What about free choice?” I dismissed her comment then because she could
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Our obsession to accumulate wealth and status arises from an inner dissonance, which compels one to believe that acquiring more will give rise to a feeling of power and fulfillment. However, no matter how much we amass, we cannot escape this discord. Chassidus teaches that gashmius (materialism) was created by
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