Through and Through
At his talmid's engagement, the Rav said that beyond all the praise, what stood out in him was yiras shomayim in every part of him.
In 5697 (1937) the Rav's talmid, Rav Michoel Ber Weissmandl, became engaged to the Rav's daughter, Bracha Rachel. At the engagement he spoke for two and a half hours on the subject of gifts to a bride, and those present praised the groom at length. When it was the Rav's turn, he said there was nothing he could add to the praise already given, except one point: the groom was filled with yiras shomayim, fear of Heaven, through and through, durch und durch, as he put it in Yiddish. It is a revealing choice. After years of teaching a talmid with extraordinary learning, the Rav measured him by something other than learning. For him the finest thing a Torah scholar could be was a person whose awe of Hashem reached every part of him, so that nothing in his learning, his conduct or his character stood apart from it.
Source: Dr. Fuchs, The Unheeded Cry (ArtScroll, 1984), as quoted in Dei'ah veDibur, "Zionist Behavior During the Holocaust," part III (13 Iyar 5783)
We tend to measure ourselves by what we know or what we have accomplished. This week, ask a different question: where does your awe of Hashem actually show up? Choose one area that feels separate from it, perhaps how you speak at work, how you eat, or how you treat a family member when you are tired, and bring a single reminder into it. A short pause before you act is enough to begin.