How can your soul get the light it needs to be SO ALIVE and not just...? ❦ Mussar Conversation #33

Everyone practices basic Mussar from early childhood because if they don't they die. But is there more to it than just physical survival? If you've ever experienced the living death of depression then you know that there's so much more to being deeply, truly ALIVE than just subsisting. And what if it wasn't just about you? What if what you did with Mussar made the difference between life and death for your kids? Or their kids? Imagine a city or country full of sincere Mussar practitioners and then brace yourself and imagine the opposite. Life needs light to stay alive, and so does your soul. But how do you get that light?