Daily Chidush: Be Happy About Difficulties?

1:37On tovah and ra'ah, the same way. On good and bad, the same way. Just like if you won the lotto, you bless Hashem, you have to bless Hashem as if you just lost the lotto. Why? Because that is the understanding that a person has that everything is from Hashem. Everything. The difficulty is from Hashem. The good is from Hashem. And why is this so critical? Because if a person arrives at this conclusion that everything is from Hashem, then he knows that everything is what Hashem decided for that person for their own benefit out of all the choices that are available to them at that point. Now, you may say, wait a minute, why can't He just give me money? Well, that wasn't a choice that was available to you at that point. Why can't I have... Hashem has His own accounting of why that choice is not available to you at that moment. It may have been available to you in the past. It might be available to you in the future. But today, that you didn't get the money, today you didn't get the shidduch, today you didn't get whatever it is you wanted, it's because that choice was not available to you.

2:42out of all of the choices that Hashem decided are available to you based on your actions. Now, a person can say, "Wait, but I had a contract. I was going to go sign the deal. I was on the way to sign the deal for a million dollars. It was going to fix my financial worries, it was going to fix this, it was going to fix that. But on the way, I got a flat tire and I lost the deal. Why didn't Hashem just let this tire work?" Because Hashem did not want you to sign the deal. Hashem did not want you to make the million dollars. Why? It could be countless reasons. Number one, it could be that the client is litigious and that million dollars was fake money, where you would have made a million dollars but he would have sued you for ten shortly after because he's just a litigious person. Or it could be that it was completely fraudulent. Or it could be that you weren't even going to make it to the meeting. Had you not gotten a flat tire, you might have gotten into a car accident and, chas v'shalom, harmed yourself due to someone else driving under the influence. We just don't know this part of the plan. See, the key is to understand that when we appreciate and thank Hashem for everything, that's because we know that He sees the entire picture and we only see what's in front of us. So by saying, "Thank you, Hashem," for whatever circumstance I have, it helps us recognize this truth. Or it could be that it was completely fraudulent. Or it could be that you weren't even going to make it to the meeting because had you not gotten a flat tire, you would have gotten into a car accident and would have been harmed because someone else was driving under the influence ahead of you, but you just don't know this part. See, the key is to understand when we appreciate and thank Hashem for everything; it's because we know that He sees the entire picture, and we only see what's in front of us. So by saying, "Thank you, Hashem, for whatever circumstance I have,"

3:57In essence, what we're saying is that, Hashem, I don't see what You see. I don't know what You know. But surely, I know that as my Father in Heaven, You have my best interests in mind with whatever You're giving me. And for that, I thank You. And for that, I'm happy with it. So if a person does not see that the things they want are being given to them by Hashem, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person is being punished. Trust me, there's a much, much better place that Hashem has designated for punishment. And it's not in this world. So it's not necessarily a punishment. It's not necessarily a reward either. But nonetheless, it is Hashem. that is doing it, and it is the best out of all of the choices that you have available to you at that moment. Now, the choices that you want may be available to you. you may be able to pray and do good things and improve the choices that are available to you in the future. But today, you are obligated to be happy with whatever you have. And that's the test. The test is to be happy with exactly what you have, just like the Mishnah says in Pirkei Avot, "Who is rich? Who is wealthy? Someone who is happy with his share." Wealth is not defined by a dollar amount, but rather

5:23defined by the person's understanding of what they have. That's the test. That's your test. That's her test. That's his test. That's everybody's test. Being happy with exactly what we have because we know that our Father in Heaven loves us more than we love ourselves, and He surely wants the best thing for us. We just have to pass the test and thank Him for it, and we'll see that in the end, as things progress. His decision was a whole lot better than the decision we wanted because we had our limited view. Trust Hashem and you'll never ever lose. As it says, someone that has confidence in Hashem, only kindness will surround them. only kindness will surround them. Sometimes that kindness is a broken leg. Sometimes that kindness is a flat tire. Sometimes that kindness is a loss of money. The reason is because those pains are much, much better than the other bad choices that are available to us.

6:25And surely Hashem does not want to give us those other horrible choices. He wants to give us more time to do teshuva. He wants to give us more time to do other things. So He gives us something that's available to us that may be painful. But surely the pain of the needle that has medicine is much, much better than the alternative. We just have to have bitachon b'Hashem. We just have to have confidence in Hashem that He is making the best choice for us. Not for Himself, for us. And when we pass that test, only kindness surrounds us. B'ezrat Hashem, this helps you and others learn what Hashem wants from us, learn how we should thank Hashem a million and a half times for what He's giving us, and pass our test, so we do end up getting many, many more things than what we could even imagine we actually deserve in the first place. Music, Music

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