The challenge we are given, to take the reins of our brains and push away negative thinking
The person added that he was actually resending this email; he had already sent it to the rav two weeks prior, without getting any response. He surmised that the rav had perhaps not noticed the first email.
The rav sent him a very powerful response:
Apologies for not responding sooner to your message. I actually did receive it the first time. But I ignored it. I didn’t even open it. And it was deliberate.
I decide which messages I open and which I don’t. Just because an alert pops up on my screen does not mean I have to react to it. I may not be able to control the messages that arrive in my inbox, but I can certainly control whether or not I open them. And I didn’t open yours.
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