On three things, the world stands there are three…

Page 4. On three things, the world stands there are three foundations for proper human life. Torah represents a persons effort at self perfection, it entails study, introspection, and a commitment to train one’s selves in the way of righteousness, divine worship, represents a persons yearning for relationships with the Almighty. Through worship onesies life in the context of the divine, one transcends, the limited and limiting boundaries of the Munding. Acts of loving kindness represent a personal enter relationship with other human beings. The goal of life is not to be a recluse, but to participate generously in the well-being of others.

— from Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society)

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By the end of this chapter I want you to know how to choose and keep good friends, how to belong to a community, and how to be a good member of society — because all three are the same skill at different scales. And I want you to hold onto the oldest teaching about why it matters: a good life stands on three pillars — your work on yourself, your relationship with God, and your relationship with other human beings — and that third pillar, the sages insisted, means this: the goal of a life is not to become a recluse, but to participate generously in the well-being of others. We did not gather into tribes and towns by accident — human beings came together for protection and for a mutuality of interests, and most conflict between us arises only when those shared interests get distorted. […] Be a good citizen. Go beyond being a good neighbor to taking responsibility for the wider whole; speak up when something is wrong; but never surrender your own gifts to the crowd. Keep widening the circle. Refuse entitlement, bring others into your good fortune, and participate generously in the well-being of those around you. To my children, and to theirs: — Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society)

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