What Annoys You Most?

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Question of the Week:   I am so annoyed with the world. Everyone treats me badly, everyone is so self-absorbed, nobody really cares. I try to be nice but never get anything in return. I am not sure it is worth it. Why should I be good to others when they can't reciprocate?    Answer: You can change this pattern. But you have to change yourself. There is a penetrating teaching by the master of souls, the Baal Shem Tov. He says that when you look at another person, you are really looking in the mirror. The things that annoy you most in others are the things that annoy you most about yourself. The reason you notice them in your fellow is because they are inside you, they are familiar, and they bother you, because they are yours.  If you didn't suffer from the same issue you simply wouldn't be able to recognise it in another person. You have to identify with something to be effected by it. If it pushes your buttons, it's because they are your buttons. So if you think everyone around you is so self-absorbed, if all you can see in others is selfishness... We are all a bit selfish. But if you can see nothing but selfishness around you, you are too stuck in your own experience of things and not seeing how they look from the other's perspective. Like the man who complained to his Rebbe, "When I go to Shul everyone walks all over me." To which the Rebbe replied, "If you wouldn't spread yourself all over the Shul, people would be able to avoid stepping on you. But you haven't left any room for anyone else to step..." You have a good soul. So do most of the people around you. Love your fellow, and then you can love yourself.   Good Shabbos, Rabbi Moss Source: Meor Einayim Parshas Chukas To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH    1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH   (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   Sponsor a Kiddush  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY NIGHT 1 or 8 February:   BASIC $120  or DELUXE $200    SHABBOS DAY 2 Feb or 9 February:  STANDARD $350  or LUNCH (*FROM $450 - email office@nefesh.com.au for lunch options)  SHABBOS TIMES & COMMUNITY INFO: BESHALACH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 25 January 2019 | 19 Shevat 5779 Candle Lighting............ 7:47pm (Not before 6:42pm) Mincha........................ 6:15pm Shabbos Service........... 6:30-7:20pm Kids Program .............. 6:30pm Kiddush sponsored by Tanya Schneider Shabbos Day, 26 January 2019 | 20 Shevat 5779 In depth parsha class ..................... 9:00am Shabbos Service............................ 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program................................ 10:30am Kiddush sponsored by Ron Moss in honour of his birthday - Mazel Tov!   Early Mincha and Aufruf of Kelly Moses  followed by Seudah Shlishis ...............5:30pm   Shabbos ends.................................. 8:45pm WEEKDAY SERVICES Sun - Mon (Pub.Hol) ................................. 8:00am Tues- Friday............................................. 7:00am Latest Shema this week............................. 9:36am   MAZEL TOV Jodie Susskind & Kelly Moses and their extended families on the call-up and wedding this week! Manor and Mor Mor on the birth of their son Yehonatan. Reverend and Mrs Amzalak on the Bat Mitzvah of their Granddaughter Bracha Amzalak in Melbourne this weekend.   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michelle Kaplan..... 26 Shevat/ Friday 1 February   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Janet & David Kessler..................20 Shevat/ Saturday 26 January Robert & Natalie Dabscheck......... 23 Shevat/ Tuesday 29 January Michael & Linda Lenn.................. 23 Shevat/ Tuesday 29 January Jackie & Les Regos..................... 25 Shevat/ Thursday 31 January

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