Seeing Hashem's Glory in Everything
A tzaddik is one who finds the hidden wisdom of Hashem in every created thing and lifts it back to Him.
Explaining why Noach found favor, the Bas Ayin begins with the world Noach saw around him. His generation clung hard to the passing pleasures of this life, and Noach reasoned that if people hold so tightly to what fades, it is far better to cling to the Source of life. The letters of his name, nun and ches, add up to the word for Hashem's glory, because he found that glory even in their wickedness. Everything in creation was made for that glory, the Rebbe says, and so a tzaddik is the one who sees the foundation of the world, the letter yud, the hidden wisdom in each creature. The world was made through ten utterances, and ten is itself a yud. The tzaddik keeps looking for it everywhere, clings to it, and in this way raises even the lowest things up to Hashem.
Source: Bas Ayin, Noach 2–5 (on Bereishis 6:5–8)
Today, choose one thing you usually pass without noticing, such as a tree, a cup of water or the person at the checkout, and pause to ask what it shows of Hashem's wisdom or kindness. Say a short thank-you in your own words. If something looks unworthy or even wrong, ask what part of it can still be lifted toward good, and take one small step: a kind word, a tidy-up, a better use. Seeing glory in small places trains the eye to see it in larger ones.