Its Chodesh Elul. We hear everyday throughout
the entire month how important it is to do Tshuva and to think about our
actions in the last year, etc. The Yetzer Hara tries to ruin everything. Since
doing these things, such as thinking about this past year and how we can improve,
the Yetzer Hara tries to make someone think TOO MUCH into his/her actions to
make them fall into a depression (Chas VeChalilah). Why is getting upset such a
big deal? Because it causes the person to be Levatel Zman, to waste time and
become overall degenerate in one’s actions. Then this causes someone to stop
following in the footsteps and levels of Tshuva, which is the main goal of the
Yetzer Hara during Chodesh Elul (especially because we only have 13 days till
Rosh HaShanah).
Therefore, we need to take a very important
lesson to place it in our minds: SMILE.
A couple years ago in High School, we had the
zchut to listen to a powerful shiur on the power of smiling. Many people do not
have such lives of overall TOV and happiness like you, therefore we all need to
push ourselves to smack a smile on our faces.
As Rav Darmoni (Rabbi from Yerushalayim) told
us, “your face is public property.” Meaning that someone’s mood (which is
expressed on there face) is contagious.
One smile can give endless strength to someone who is upset. We need to smile, because we never know how
powerful and INSPIRING a single smile can be. Mitzvah Gedola Lehiyot B’Simcha,
it is a big Mitzvah to be in Simcha. Also: Simcha Gedola Lehiyot B’Mitzvah, it
is a big SIMCHA to be in a Mitzvah (meaning in the middle of doing what Hashem
wants you to do)!
Yom
Kippur is in 23 days.
Rosh
HaShanah is in 13 days.
Selichot
has already BEGUN.
What
have you done to prepare?
SHABBAT
SHALOM!
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