Equanimity — Menuchat Ha-nefesh — מְנוּחַת הַנֶפֶשׁ
Rise above events that are inconsequential — both bad and good —
for they are not
worth disturbing your composure.[1]
Resources
Middah Worksheet for Equanimity
Rabbi Stone on Menuchat Ha-nefesh (Equanimity) 1
Rabbi Stone on Menuchat Ha-nefesh (Equanimity) 2
[1]Cheshbon ha-Nefesh (“Accounting of the Soul”) is a step by step approach to improving one's characher traits. It was written by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Satanov. It was published in 1845 with the encouragement of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. The book is available from Feldheim Publishers.
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