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Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Rivka Chana bat Sara Leah. She is a nineteen year old girl who suddenly became sick and now is awaiting a liver transplant. Let us beseech Borei Olam and ask that as quick as it came it should quickly disappear. May Rivka Chana bat Sara Leah have a complete refuah shleimah amongst all those sick and suffering in Klal Yisrael b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen!
Happiness is connected to the purpose for which we are living. It is living with an acute awareness as to the reason we are here on earth. This is closely woven into the importance of being true to ourselves. Our internal feelings must be in sync with that which we try to display to the outside world. That holy point of truth, the G-dly particle within, namely our soul, must be given room for expression since this is where all happiness originates from.
The pursuit of happiness is too important to give up on. Most people agree that it is an integral part of life. However, few people invest the time and effort to make it part of their reality. Unfortunately, many of us simply accept the notion that we will ‘just have to get through life as best as possible and make due with whatever life brings’; a very depressing thought. Happiness is certainly tied into acceptance, but living life should not be about miserably receiving that which cannot be controlled.
Joy is seeing Hashem everywhere and in everything since Hashem is testimony to the greater purpose of living. In other words, our linkage to Hashem as we follow His instructions for living enables us to be the best that we can be. We become full as we realize our potential to the maximum extent possible. We live on a higher plane and are connected to a loftier ideal.
The Torah teaches us that inner delight is not a result of whether our road in life is carved with struggles or not. It is the product of believing that Hashem will sustain us through it all until the end of time where it will be widespread and known to all.
Life in itself is a reason to be happy for it gives us the one chance to build our eternal future, to be part of something bigger and greater than this world has to offer. Viewing life through lenses of despair is not living out the will of Hashem. In time, we will see the goodness behind every moment of hardship.
To close, life is a blessing. The unbreakable rule is to live it by having emuna in Hashem that everything in time will reveal its perfect end.
