I believe true faith makes you free. Many people belief the opposite because of the restrictions that a faithful life can bring on a person but I believe they are looking in the wrong direction  A person of faith doesn’t have to worry about keeping up with the Jones’s, Rabinowitz’s and or Smith’s instead they only worrying about what G-D truly expects of them. This enables them to seek a profession that provides for their family and faith but not trample on their soul. This also enables them to say what they belief instead of worrying about how the masses might perceive those beliefs. They also are free of the pain and worry that those in the secular community live with because they see a higher calling to this life and the afterlife. Those of faith are not without challenges but the freedom that faith gives them enables them to see another path that others are blind to.

We have often heard the term “Revenge is sweet” but I beg to differ, I believe it is sour.  Their was a time in my life when I sought revenge on those that hurt or betrayed me. One individual committed such a horrible act toward me that I became consumed with thoughts of revenge and hatred. During this time period it was hard for me to show warmth to those who I cared about.  It was also extremely hard for me to take a moment to think about the good in my life.    Then I stopped!

I instead taught myself to hate what this man did but not hate the individual.  I prayed to G-D not for revenge but that this man would learn the errors of his ways and that this in turn would make his life as well as mine better.   The anger and hate were gone and I felt a stronger love to those around me and yes the roses smelt a bit sweeter then ever before. I can never fully understand the pain and hurt that others bear because of the cruelty betrayed on them. All I can say is learning to hate the act but not the individual gives you a freedom that can’t be measured.

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The truly poor among us would be taken care of without the need of the government if only people followed G-D’s law “You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your  destitute in your land.” G-D commands us to help the poor but only with a “loan”. I believe this means that we are to help others in dire situations but that they should make every attempt to pay us back either financially or through their works. Thus if the individual had no true intention of paying us back then they should not ask for help. This way the poor have to find an outlet to get themselves out of this situation.