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I get into a car accident. My car is totaled, my day is ruined, my insurance premium is going up. I am upset at myself, I'm angry at the world... 24 Comments Posted
Ah! was just thinking the other day -
"Everything happens for a reason"
And yes,THAT alone is my consolation...
Nice, Yisroel. NIce writing.
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I love the article. I wish there was a Jewish Recovery Group in Dallas Texas. Thanks.
Keep up the good work,
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Is GRATITUDE for what this upsetting situation teaches us. Baruch HaShem for being safe and healthy and surviving. For caring about the other people involved, for having to think of another way to make money to feed the family when one way becomes constricted, This really has the ultimate "Universal" lessons!! Todah, Yisroel
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Thanks for this article it is true things happen for a reason BUT WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE IT OUT AT THE TIME IT HAPPENS. This is a very impotant point to know but as time goes on the reason will hit us in the face, this is truth at it best time.
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Really beautiful and powerful writing. You take a "typical" response of offering compassion to others while telling ourselves "it's hashgacha". You elevate it all a step further.
A call to action! Wonderful. Thank you.
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It did make you think about it :) "Everything for a reason"-maybe a reminder (No matter how much we Think we have "Evolved"-for lack of better word at the moment) we are always working to the next level? Love & Blessings!
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i am in apt with a bunch of bochrim ,bochurim who i have gotten to know and love and one of them stole my money for the month you cant imagine how upset i was and then i open your email and i felt you were talking to me
go chabad
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Thank you for the enlightenment on that statement. Because you can wallow in the misery of "the happening. " Or you can elevate to that which is better, makes you more aware and then with actual "awareness" elevate to a higher power of Being. Amen
P.S. I consider myself more spiritual then organized religious but I always enjoy and learn from Chabad.org. As a matter of fact, I have learned more about my Jewish religion by being periodically involved with Chabad. (Of The Space Coast) Thank you
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Rabbi Pinson, you expressed this thought so well, that you gave me strength to pull through my day. I will pass this on to people with challenges since it gives you the right perspective of how to deal with difficulties.
Tizku Limitzvos and keep them coming!
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Ths is a great piece but what if I cannot come up with a reason as to what If I should glean what is relevant from a state of difficulty? What if my reaction is one of abandoning G-d's halachot in the face of rejection and pain? What if the lesson is too much to bear again? What then? What if the accompanied financial circumstances leave me in dire anxiety, dulling the desire to live, go on, do more?
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Nich post Rabbi! Keep them coming.
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I am terribly sorry to hear that the circumstances of (your?) life have become too hard to bear. I don't think there is any appropriate intellectual response to your question, surely not in written form. Sometimes we need outside help to face the reality of our life. The point here is to stress out the fact that Everything Happens for a Reason is not an excuse. Not an excuse for G-d, and not an excuse for being depressed. it is a call for humans to give it a reason, to make the pains of life worthy of going through. Keep it up!
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Wonderful words and all very true. Sometimes it's not easy to remember that we're not in the driving seat and Hashem is the one who guides our souls and the happenings around them.
I thank Hashem for Chabad, for the Rebbes and their wisdom and for the technology to bring such inspiring words into my life. That really is hashgachah! And thank you, Rabbi.
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There was once a king who had a beautiful flawless diamond that he treasured greatly. One day he notice a scratch on this diamond and was very upset. He offered a tremendous reward to whoever in his kingddom would remove this scratch. Many people looked at it and said that nothing can be done to remove the scratch until one brave & positive person said that he can. The king gave him the diamond and when he returned it the king saw that he had engraved into the diamond a beautiful rose using the scratch as the stem. This rose enhanced the value & beauty of the diamond immensly. Hashem is the King, the Jewish People are the diamond and our challenges are the scratch. It is our job to take this scratch and use it as a base for engraving a beautiful rose as we grow spiritually in our connection to Hashem. Scratches/challenges are for our own good in order to make us closer to Hashem & when moshiach will come we will have the clarity to understand why we went through whatever we did in our lifetim
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What exactly did the Baal Shem Tov teach, that everything happens because of a reason or because Gd wishes it to happen?
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For a more detailed examination of the Ball Shem Tov's concept of Divine Providence, and it's relation to recovery, you can listen to the Acceptance class at www.chabad.org/699450
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Shalom,
Divine Providence may be enhanced by a vision proceeding an event. 23 years ago, I was gifted a vision. 21 years passed, before I found myself dwelling in the vision. I had forgotten over the years, until I arrived at the place the vision portrayed.
So, G-d choose to enlighten me, clearly illustrating His Providence.
I know I am where I am, by the will of G-d, to be.
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I, too had an auto accident. My car was totaled. My day was ruined. My only son who was sitting right next to me, died. Surely there must be a reason, but I haven't learned it yet.
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I am really sorry your only son died.
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Can I share? Maybe the co-misery will make you laugh..in the middle of an important business deal I was running to catch a subway train. I fell on my hand--turned all shades of blue. I kept going--had to get to that appointment. Next day I was begrudgingly at the emergency room where I was told I had a break. What an inconvenience. Two days later I was at a hand specialist. Yes, it was broken and I fell in love with the hand specialist. Oy vey. Two weeks later I sheared a tendon running. I am a runner. Running is life to me. Have been a track star all my life. Back to the doctor who I am in love with. No running for awhile. No love either. But a nice visit. I was so inspired by this man I went back to reading Torah--or should I say maybe this was G-d's whole purpose for this insane exercise. Yes, THE reason--His reason.
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Perfectionists want to know why right away; if we're lucky enough to be humble and patient, the reason is unfolded to us - even if it was just an accident - because as we are made in G-d's image, he is just like we are, imperfect. We can either all be in this together or not. The choice, as always, lay with the individual.
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I, also, am really sorry your beloved son died. You deserve no pressure to find a "reason," just all the comfort, care and blessings in the world. Next week when I light the candles, I will say a blessing for you, and I hope everyone reading this will also.
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