An answer from the Rebbe written to R' Moshe Yitzchak Hecht A"H was recently shared online. The Rebbe says, when people close to the Rebbe are happy, that makes the Rebbe happy and vice versa.
In another, now famous, answer the Rebbe tells him that before he complained his request was answered and we sent Moshe Yitzchak Hecht, you should get to know him, and quickly, and things will be much better...
R' Moshe writes to the Rebbe and the Rebbe responds; be happy! And he writes again and the Rebbe responds; be happy!
Please check out some of the correspondence here http://chabad.org.il/Magazines/Article.asp?ArticleID=6351&CategoryID=1340.
When he passed away the Rebbe spoke about him: "חסיד ומקושר לכ"ק מו"ח אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו, ששלחו ומסר על-ידו הקמת וניהול מוסדות של הפצת התורה והיהדות, והמעיינות חוצה, ובמילוי שליחות זו היתה התעסקותו כל משך ימי חייו"
"He's a Chassid, connected to the Rebbe, a Shliach his entire life" and so on.
Looking at the 'bigger picture' to me this is so inspiring! A man, a Chassid and even a Shliach who struggles with dejection, the Rebbe deals with him. Receives some of the most exceptional answers from the Rebbe. And complains again. And the Rebbe deals with it again! And then when he passes away the Rebbe speaks about how special a person he was!
We can struggle. We write in. Goes by some time and we write in again, about the exact same thing. Goes by some time and we do it again. And again.
Does that make us 'bad' Chassidim? Or is that just part of what we're doing here?
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Very nice.
I was speaking to a friend who has read Zalman Gurary's biography and he told me that Zalman would constantly be paranoid about his health and ask for Brochos and the Rebbe would constantly tell him to ignore his fears and dismiss them. But he kept on being afraid and the Rebbe kept on giving him that advice.
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