Thursday, July 5, 2012

Having A Presence

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, "There you are" and those who say, "Here I am."
Abigail Van Buren


The Holy Pnei Menachem of Gur once came into the doctors office and the doctor didn't hear him enter so he remarked "How come you didn't announce 'I am here'?! [אני פה]

Answered the Rebbe ztz"l "My whole I have been working on NOT being here [אני לא פה] and you want me to say that I AM here."

[Heard from the Tolna Rebbe Shlita who was his closest confidante and (I think) was present when this episode transpired.]