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"Unblinding" During Covid

פוקח עורים (Who gives sight to the blind)

Thank you, Hashem, for all those times you saved me from being enslaved by my yetzer hora that can so easily blind me!

This insight came to me while I was washing dishes! As the soap suds where cleaning off the dirt and grime from the many dishes I deal with these days, I suddenly saw the grime as klipot that might have attached to my soul, the souls of my loved ones, and other members of Klal Yisroel!

מתיר אסורים  (He gives us the permission to untie the  knots that are preventing us from accessing unlimited potential.)***

I started to dance as I davened for the soap suds to remove – gently -- anything holding me back – binding me -- or others -- from connecting to our source, to our chelek Elokah (part  of the Almighty) and to the Shechina! (Divine Presence).


I now saw the avoda (work) of washing dishes as an act of releasing us from our bondage … as a way to contemplate conquering and washing away our yaitzer ha ra (the evil inclination), that blinds us … that evil inclination that binds us to behaviors that we want to be released and free from!

Suddenly, washing dishes did not seem like a sacrifice anymore! This mundane chore is actually an amazing opportunity to change – to wash – my attitude from complaint and elevate it to gratitude! What a relief to be released from being bound to the negative thought that cleaning up after my family is “such a heavy job”, such “a burden” – chas ve shalom! What a privilege to have my beloved family to clean-up after!

Comments shared by Malki R

*** Kavana shared by Machberes Avodas Hashem
"Mateer Asurim" 
"The word "Mateer" sounds like "Mutar", right? What happens to people is they get tied up in knots. Should I do this? Should I not do this? What's my mommy gonna think? What's my daddy gonna think? What is my  husband going to think, what's my wife gonna think? What are my children going to think? What's the community going to think? What's she gonna think?  How is this going to affect my business?  and so on and so forth. And so we tie ourselves up in knots. And because we tie ourselves up in knots we don't give ourselves permission to express,  to try to expand to live a life of Biraycha, Bracha . 
Mateer Asurim is a that He gives us the permission to untie the  knots that are preventing us from accessing unlimited potential."
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