By COLlive reporter
Is the U.S. presidential election stressing you out? Here’s a word of comfort: You are not the only one.
An ABC News poll found that 46 percent people agreed the election was a source of stress in their lives, Vox reports. Twenty three percent reported the election reported the stress was “serious.”
One Lubavitcher chossid is working to save you from that.
In line with the Rebbe’s directive to use every medium for good, Rabbi Zalman Goldberg developed a mobile app that encourages you to increase your trust in Hashem and be appreciated of the good things you are blessed with.
Based on his website GotBitachon.com, Goldberg films 1-minute videos of himself sharing an aneqdote, story or saying that having faith the the Creator and how things work out in life.
Goldberg, a resident of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, says that he was inspired by the Rebbe‘s teachings “that focusing on ‘besuros tovos’, good news, is a most powerful tool to make Bitachon a part of our life.”
“The Rebbe’s requested on many occasions, that people make a habit of notifying him regularly of their happy occasions and assured that it would lead to having a better perspective and more joyful life,” Goldberg told COLlive.com.
He says that people tend to focus more on negative things, while good things often pass but briefly through the mind.
“Writing good daily happenings to the Rebbe, reminds us what we have to be grateful for, reframes everything else as good from Hashem, and puts us in an accepting and proactive state of mind,” he says.
Goldberg reached out to Yossi Chanowitz, a one-man creative agency, who loved the idea and helped him button down the concept. “Within a week, Yossi had built out the app. We beta tested it, and the results blew us away,” he says.
An early beta user of BesurosTovos shared how using the app is helping him during a rough period of getting a new business off the ground: “My happiness used to be tangled up with my success—writing Besuros Tovos daily, gave me a more stable base of contentedness, which actually made me more focused, productive and better able to navigate the daily ups and downs.”
Another user, a young mother shares: “My life has changed for the better since I stopped spending my free time wistfully browsing other people’s lives on social media, and started noticing and sharing the good in my life with the Rebbe. I’m more grounded and productive now, and am less concerned with what other people think of me – now, the only person I have to regularly compare myself with is myself and my goals.”
The Besuros Tovos app is available on iTunes for the iPhone and Google Play for Android devices.
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This is a great app. It would be very beneficial if it would allow to browse the history of the notes, and additionally to perform a search of the previous notes.
He was the rov of ch!!!
You do so much to uplift our spirits, keep it up!!!!!
please use new app and support him too, great friend and looking out for the community and its connection to our dear rebbe and hashem.
of a Yungerman!!!!!! A true Gem
Crown St Friend
Your not very positive r u now? Get happy be happy
wishing you much success Moshiach now!
Try it- I have and found it to be a really transformative experience even though it’s a simple app
The +17 rating will be fixed in the next update, It’s a technical thing.. and the app also has reminders to help turn it into a habit. It’s the first version and it will develop with user feedback
Beautiful App and beautiful Idea
Downloaded and used!
Kol Hakavod
What a way to start a new positive habit
It’s rated 17+ – that means “adult” ads can pop up – please change the rating and I would be glad to download it – it looks good
The only thing is to send something to the ohel?? The way it was advertised was much more exciting than it actually is.
Btw there are other ways to send something to the ohel.
I’ve used this app many times since it has come out! It’s a nice way to share with rebbe the good things that happen in our lives, straight from our finger tips.
Thanx
Really very good advice.