Chofetz Chaim Secret Ticket to Heaven (4 Minutes)
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0:35So you pray for a shidduch, but you're not focusing on the rest of teshuva. You're praying for a parnassa, but you're not focusing on limud. You're praying for all different things, something you want, which many times causes you to neglect something else. And the problem is that you are now extending your problem. So someone came to the Chafetz Chaim almost a hundred years ago and asked him, Kvod HaRav, Chafetz Chaim says someone's happy with their portion, but not happy with their portion like we think happy with a portion. Not happy with a portion like we think happy with a portion means to us. Oh, he has five bucks, he's happy with five bucks; he has ten dollars, he's happy with ten dollars; he has ten million, he's happy with ten million. No, that's not happy with one's portion, rabotai. That's not what the Chafetz Chaim was saying. Happy with one's portion means that when Hashem gives him problems, difficulties, or challenges, he still remains content and grateful for what he has.
2:04gives him a broken leg, gives him a broken window, gives him a broken marriage, gives him a broken child, and gives him a broken head. Happy? Why? This is exactly where Hashem wants me now. Meaning, Hashem could have given me every possible opportunity in the world to serve Him. This is what He's giving me: these problems. Now, He wants me to serve Him under these conditions — with no money, with no wife, with no kids. All the problems I have right now are exactly what Hashem wants for me. That's the ticket—being happy like that, being happy means I'm not only going to be happy now, I'm going to serve Hashem to the best of my ability under these circumstances. Never say, "Oh, if I would have had more money, then such-and-such," or "If I would have had such-and-such, then such-and-such." No, no, no! That kind of thinking is kefirah. It's kefirah. A person can never say, "If I had such-and-such, then I would do such-and-such." You're not allowed to do that. Why? Because, in essence, what we're saying is that Hashem is making a mistake.
3:12I made a mistake if He gave me more, then I could do a better job, which implies that you know better than Hashem. We don't know.
