BLANK SHEET: THE LANDSCAPE OF POSSIBILITIES
BLANK SHEET: THE LANDSCAPE OF POSSIBILITIES C(2018) CHIBU NDUBUISI 1/1/2018.(Week 1) Peace be upon you. Israel Salanter noted that; When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. But I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my country. When I found I couldn’t change my country, I began to focus on my town. However, I discovered that I couldn’t change the town, and so as I grew older, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, but I’ve come to recognize that if long ago I had started with myself, then I could have made an impact on my family. And, my family and I could have made an impact on our town. And that, in turn, could have changed the country and we could all indeed have changed the world. What this simply means is that “there are some dimensions to our own inner development that simply cannot be addressed without our engagement in the wor...