Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher but you can still be a shliach with the talents and in the position Hashem has placed you

I’m talking about people looking for something to work out. For years and years. Trying hard. At some point, they have to settle down, and that is a sign that settling down (not on Shlichus) is their mission in life. And not at all a “basement.”

If only these spots were allowed to filled there are tons of young couples that are waiting (literally) to go out on Shlichus but since the processes is so hard & long some just don’t even try… i thing head Shluchim should be going around asking to bring more young Shluchim down to all these places make it easier for them which will bring about tons more going out on Shlichus…

There are stories that people asked the rebbe whether they should go on shlichus or not, and usually the rebbe would say not – (because shlichus is something that has to come from u, and the rebbe wouldnt force people to do it – and the fact that the person asked showed that he wasnt 100 percent sure about it..)

When on the other hand if they wrote that they are ready to go on shlichus, the rebbe would usually give his brocha – unless the rebbe specifically wanted him to do buisness etc..

so unless u see a clear sign that “your shlichus” is to do something else, the default is that You are a shliach and u should step up to that with all that u got!

The “nekuda” discussed in the article can apply to these circumstances also. And in my opinion, that is how it should be presented.

What I am saying is perhaps a blend between this article and Rabbi Avtzon’s.

My point is that if your mission in life is to be the Rebbe’s shliach in business or Chinuch — that is not a “basement,” and it shouldn’t be presented as such.

It is exactly what you are supposed to be doing and you should be happy that you are not part of “neshomos hatohos.” You should be pumped up from doing exactly what you were put into this world to do.

its more like “even if the basement is the best place for you, because you are really a shliach your real place is shlichus”

please read the article again before you comment exactly the opposite of what he is trying to bring out;
For example:

“Imagine a mother telling her child: “You’re a good boy, but it’s really a tough world out there, and I just don’t know if you’ll make it. Well, thankfully there’s an extra room in our basement, so let’s get a bunk bed, and you’ll move in here with your wife…””

So maybe the formula is ” its clear that you have to live forever in my basement”…

Another important point is that Hashem is the One running the world, not us, and He May have a different plan for us to fulfill than the one we thought was ideal. Happiness means accepting Hashem’s Plan and running with it to fulfill it and thereby reach far more of your potential.

For example, if you see you need to go into business, but you are a chossid, you end up finding all the yidden who work there and bring them home for shabbos, send shalach monos etc. You are fulfilling your shlichus in the place Hashem sent you. I think a great example is the Chossid R Lazar Raskin who is featured in nshei newsletters who is a bus driver and uses that position to put on tefillin with many people. Or when my father worked at Microsoft and brought home people for shabbos, Yom Tov etc while he was there.

“I see you are a shliach even if you don’t travel on shlichus. You will do your best to go on Shlichus. If it comes a point and it is clear that your Shlichus is in business, Chinuch etc. Like the Rebbe told many people, you will be happy and proud of that, because that’s your Shlichus in life, and your Shlichus from the Rebbe.”

If you tell a kid that, they will take the chitzoniyus of it and will automatically feel “less than” if they don’t end up going on Shlichus.

Shlichus is not literally like putting on tefillin. (Even though I get the gist, and I generally appreciate the comparison.) It is not true that every kid going through the system that wants to go on Shlichus will practically have that opportunity, even if they are extremely driven, etc. In fact, most won’t.

That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t try, with many succeeding, and that doesn’t mean that at the point that they need to stop and settle, they should feel less than.