WELLBEING → FAMILY REFLECTIONS Issue 641 · December 28, 2016

Small Charge

One tiny shift can have huge reverberations,

Small    Charge

One tiny shift can have huge reverberations

One thing we learn from the story of Chanukah is that size doesn’t matter. A tiny band of Jews conquers the enormous Greek army; power can be found in small packages.

This is both good news and bad news. It’s good because it means all we need is a tiny bit of energy in the right direction and we ought to be able to accomplish great things. Bad because we’ve all experienced how a tiny bit of energy in the wrong direction can wreak havoc.

For example a person might interview all the parts of her personality concerning a particular chocolate truffle sitting before her. “Shall we eat it?” she inquires. Several members of her inner family quickly respond:

“No — the sugar will give us a headache.”

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