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The scientific world regularly publishes studies demonstrating the importance of living life with purpose. Man desires meaning so having a purpose in life is equated with happiness.
Hashem created mankind with a higher purpose in mind. Our soul, the Divine spark within each of us, unceasingly wishes to ascend and attain higher heights. Though our soul is quiet, it will not be satisfied with a lower role. In fact, feeling unsettled and dissatisfied in this world and in our life is often an indicator that the soul is signaling for us to advance higher.
In this age, we often erroneously assume that there is some endpoint that will make us happy. This mode of thinking affects our choices and our decision-making. However, happiness is not an end goal. Rather, it is the pursuit towards a meaningful end that should brighten our lives.Unless the goal is to achieve our true purpose, we will not receive an inner sense of wholeness and well being.
As a result, in order to achieve the pursuit of happiness we must understand who we are and what we are here in this world to accomplish. Armed with this understanding and the will to achieve this purpose, every moment can yield eternal investment and endless value. We should be constantly striving to be in a place, where we feel at peace, yet are motivated at the challenges we have set for ourselves.
The root to life’s discontentment is directly related to our desire to be in control and experience immediate reward. Our hidden ego agenda convinces us not submit to any great long-term plan but to one that will bring us immediate satisfaction. Yet, this plan is not in line with the Divine agenda. Acting with excessive control is an attempt to be like G-d and usually stems from a lack of emuna and recognition of G-d being in charge. This will merely lead to counterfeit happiness, a happiness that will never genuinely last. Rather, creation is a means to earn a share with Hashem in eternity. By following the mitzvot we are sublimating our will to G-d’s will and thus revealing a physical expression of our emuna in His timeless plan.
Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Chana Bracha bat Shoshana Rivka a three year old baby. May Hashem send her a complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering, b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen!
