We are the finishing tools for His handiwork.
He applies His breath, our souls, to the harsh earth , softening it to absorb the rains of blessing from heaven; to the coarse surfaces of human life to polish them, so they can receive light from above and shine.
That friction that wears us down, those sparks that fly—it is all a byproduct of His handiwork.
And if you should ask, how could it be that a mundane world presents resistance to the infinitely powerful breath of G‑d?
In truth, it cannot. But He condenses that breath into a soul, He tightly focuses her power, until the harshness of this world can seem real to her, and then she will struggle, and in that struggle she will make the world shine.
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson 
