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“Why did G-d give you your own mind.”
So I could recognize Him.
“Your own heart.”
So I could love Him, cleave to Him, and be grateful to Him.
“And your own life and corn circumstances”
So I could serve Him, have faith in Him, and cry out to Him.
“If G-d wanted you to think by a book and not by your own thoughts, why did he give you an independent free thinking brain “
I am a father and husband. That gives me some responsibilities and obligations, whether or not I feel like it in the moment. Didn’t sleep well last night? Too bad, I still have to get up, help with breakfast, and go to work, then help with dinner and bedtime, and be sweet to everyone. That’s not being a bee in a hive, that’s being a man. I am also a Jew. And that gives me responsibilities and obligations too. Mitzvos, learning, connecting to Hashem. That’s being a Jew, not a sheep.