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A common denominator in all the explanations of the "Waters of Strife" incident is the implication that whatever the problem was, that wasn't really the problem. Basically, G-d is getting Moses on a technicality

On the one hand, he’s declared to be nothing less than the equal of Abraham (in passion) and Moses (in prophecy); on the other, he’s described as the most perverse, greedy and corrupt human being ever to walk the face of the earth!

Do we surrender to the anti-truth of arbitrary happenstance, or do we embrace the divine calling of purposeful engagement? The difference looks a lot smaller than it is

We all know the story of how Balaam's curses turned into blessings. But according to the Talmud, most of them turned back into curses

The details differ (a tiger raised in a Brooklyn apartment, a circus lion losing it in the ring) but the basic story is the same: a large cat "suddenly" sheds its domesticated persona and... well, you don't want to be in its way when that happens

Why do you bother getting out of bed in the morning?