Craving Connection

Craving Connection

Similarly, our nefesh craves connection. We need it, and we must do positive things so that we will feel emotion and excitement. Sometimes, we think that being joyful means not being depressed. This isn’t inner joy and satisfaction. If you don’t perform active measures to attain excitement, there will be negative consequences, as outlined above.

As we experience the holy and exalted days of Shovavim once again, and we seek to rectify and repair and improve ourselves, we must know that through positive and active measures we can accomplish incredible things. It fulfills our innate need for satisfaction, joy, emotion, and excitement while serving as an engine for growth and connection to the Ribbono shel Olam.