“When my brother, the late Councilman James E. Davis, and I were about ten and twelve years old,” Geoffrey Davis recalled, “we used to play in front of our home in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

Every day, a kind, friendly man would walk past our house on his way home from the synagogue and stop to speak with us. We genuinely looked forward to seeing him, and he greeted us warmly. Sometimes he would even give us a dollar to pass along to charity.

Eli Groisman grew up in Curaçao, a Caribbean island, in the early 1980s. Since there were no Jewish schools on the island in those years, he attended a Protestant school, where he had a difficult time. Despite his non-observant upbringing, he refused to participate in religious services, leading to daily conflicts with other students while the teachers and principal sided against him. By seventh grade, things escalated, and he started skipping school to play golf, returning just in time to meet his father Chaim at dismissal.

A recent survey of millennials has revealed troubling statistics regarding how young adults perceive themselves compared to their peers and older generations. Surprisingly, eight out of ten participants believe they are not "good enough" in various aspects of their lives. Additionally, three-quarters of the respondents admit to feeling constantly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed in their careers, establish meaningful relationships, and meet others' expectations.