It took a really long time for Nechamale to choose which trip to go on for Chidon...
She had worked really really hard, (like thousands of other kids!) and when I saw that she made it to be an iyun finalist, I told her that we would BezH go on the New York trip!
She was beyond excited and already started dreaming of all she wanted to do in NY...
But when the “special military operation” began, it was clear that Hashem had other plans for us, and we had to tell her that there was no chance of us travelling anywhere any time soon, unless of course, straight to Yerushalayim with Moshiach!
She didn’t go for any of my ideas of what to do instead, so I told her that it was her own responsibility to come up with something... and she finally chose a virtual reality game.
Since she was the only girl in Moscow to join chidon, she chose two friends to come along, and we all went together today - for our first time.
Nechamale was really excited for this trip, but once the game started, her fun quickly turned to fear!
It was really scary to try climbing those tall mountains alone, with a big blue ocean beneath her, and huge bugs and flies all around her....
Even when she figured out which button to press to show the way, it was still really really hard to climb, and she was almost in tears as she kept falling down!
She just wanted OUT...
In the meantime, I was just laughing out loud! It was really funny to watch the girls talking and moving and screeching in a complete virtual reality!
I tried reminding her that I’m right here with her in this little safe room, and that it’s all make-believe, that it’s just a funny game!
But when I tried it myself I understood that even when we 100% KNOW that it’s not real, it still FEELS so so so real!
At one point, I was holding on to one spot with both hands for a really long time, because I went off course and there was nowhere for me to go anymore! I knew that if I would let go, I would fall all the way down, but even while holding on “for dear life”, and even while I kept falling, I kept laughing and having so much fun, because I KNEW it was just pretend.
(After the break, Nechamale wanted to try again, and this time, she was BH able to enjoy it to the point that she can’t wait to go back again and again, or better, for us to buy her a VR game of her own;))
And all along, I couldn’t help thinking about how much we can learn from this VR game!
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Remember,
Don’t take this golus so seriously!!!
Breathe!
Relax!
Laugh!
Have fun!!!
It’s just a game!
It’s just a test!
It FEELS so real
It FEELS so scary
But it’s not!!
It’s all JUST pretend!
In truth
Ein Od Milvado!!
In truth
You’re 100% safe!
In truth
You can’t really get hurt!
In truth
It’s all temporary!
In truth
You CHOSE this experience-
Before you started!
Sure, go ahead and try your best,
Go ahead and challenge yourself
To get up
To try again
To score...
To see what you can do
To see how high you can climb
To see how far you can reach
To see how brave you can be...
But remember
To ENJOY
The whole journey!
To SING
When you’re afraid
To LAUGH
Each time you “fall”
To LET GO
When you can’t seem to control...
To live fearlessly
With a SMILE!
Cuz in truth
It’s okay!
It’s not the end of the world!
Hashem is holding you
Hashem is right with you
Even when you fall -
You didn’t REALLY fall...
Don’t stress!
Don’t panic!
It’s just part of the game!
It’s normal!
And remember,
All those bugs and flies -
They are just FUNNY!
Laugh at them!!
Cuz they are not real!!
Laugh away at the kelipa
Laugh away at the yetzer hara
Laugh away at the silly voices
Right in their faces!
ס׳איז דאך אלץ הבל הבלים!
Remember,
This Golus is just an ILLUSION!
It’s an experience
It’s a TEST
It’s a VIRTUAL reality!
Even when you see it
In 3D, in 4D, in 5D...
It doesn’t matter!
It’s STILL fake news!
It’s STILL just lies!
All the fear exists
Only in our own minds!
All the obstacles exist
Only in our own IMAGINATION!
Even though we were BORN into this VR
Even though we’ve never yet SEEN
The REAL world
We don’t need to be fooled
By the Satan!
We don’t need to believe
What our eyes see!
Because what we see
Is NOT
What defines reality
Only what TORAH says
Is the one and true reality!
עולם - השקר
תורת - אמת
Even when we can’t see it!
Even when we can’t feel it!
Even when it contradicts
The “facts” before our eyes...
When we immerse ourselves
In Chassidus
When we immerse ourselves
In the Rebbe’s Torah -
We can SWITCH
To Geulah vision!!
We can start to SEE
A NEW reality!
We can see the whole world differently!!
Even while we’re in the same physical space
As everybody else...
We can live in different worlds
We can play by different rules
We can sing to another tune
We can dance to another beat...
Because we can hear the voice
Of the One OUTSIDE the game
Constantly reminding us
Of the TRUE reality
And constantly reminding us
That whenever we want -
We can just REMOVE our tainted Golus glasses!
We can just
OPEN UP OUR EYES!!
And WAKE up
To the REAL world -
To the world of GEULAH!
בשוב ה׳ את שיבת ציון...
היינו כחולמים!
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