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It's time to start believing in people again

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Rabbi Josh Zebberman

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We got to stop viewing people as problems. It's not fair and it's dishonest. Some of the most creative people, the most resourceful people that I know are drug users. They wake up in the morning and they have to figure out how they're going to get a hundred bucks or more. How they're going to fill that craving, how they're going to after that craving show up so nobody knows about it. That is incredibly resourceful. Why are we viewing this person as problematic rather than resourceful? Some of the most sensitive people I know are anxious, have incredible anxiety. And guess what? Because they're anxious, they're sensitive, they're aware, they're aware of people outside of them, they care about other people. Some of the most meaningful people I know, people that crave for purpose in life, suffer from depression. So yeah, you could look at this person as, oh, he's depressed, but he also craves meaning. He craves more than what is just in front of him. We have to stop looking at people as issues. Got to start believing in