Tiferes Shlomo: Remember How Close Hashem Still Is

A Jew never becomes distant from Hashem. He only becomes unaware of how close Hashem still is.

Attribution printed on the image: Tiferes Shlomo, Parshas Vayeilech

A reflection on the teaching

Feeling distant can make it difficult to begin again. The teaching printed here distinguishes that feeling from the possibility of a continuing relationship with Hashem. We do not have to deny the distance we experience. We can bring it into a small act of return: a tefillah, a mitzvah or an honest request for guidance. Awareness may grow through those acts rather than arrive before them. What is one way you can turn toward Hashem today, even without a strong feeling of connection? Let that be a beginning you can actually make.

Source note: The attribution above is transcribed from the image. The exact source and English wording have not been independently verified.