Walking down the street in Manhattan, I was immersed in thoughts. Con Edison – the electric company – doing work, barricaded the sidewalk. There were two barriers on the sidewalk, with a gap between them wide enough to walk through. I did not pay attention, so I walked through them.

The Con Edison Worker yelled “You See the Barriers and You Walk Right Through Them!”

This is one of the properties of being part of the Jewish Nation. We see the barriers, but with proper effort and Tephilah / Prayer, we walk right through them.

Everyday, Hash-m sends us messages. We have to be able to pick up on them. Doing so we blossom.

We have tremendous potential to do good. We just have to believe in ourselves.

This is what is meant in the Torah (Parasha / Weekly Torah Reading Lech Lecha) when Hash-m says to Abraham to count the stars and then says such will be your descendants. One explanation is that just like you attempt to do the impossible and succeed, so will your descendants. Click here for a short audio on the subject

Be Proud and Succeed.