For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L &
Yissachar ben Yona Z’L.
Every Jew has a Tachlit
(purpose), every Jew is another Neshama (soul) in this world that was brought
down to our generation. Why? Because we all need to fix a major issue in our
lives. How do we know what that issue is, we must see which Mitzvah is the
toughest for us to accomplish. For some people it may be waking up in the
morning, for some it may be putting on Tefillin, for some it may be wearing
modest clothing, for some it may be arrogance in general and on and on.
We must understand that when working on ourselves we feel
the most satisfaction and benefit. We actually feel that we are succeeding and
doing something worth it in our lives. Forget the money for a second, forget
the diploma and your future spouse and children. Just think for one second
between you and yourself: Why am I in this world? I know its deep and it is
something that does not make sense for someone especially in the tri-state area
to do, but our whole existence is based on our though process. Our Rabbis teach
Sof Ma’aseh BeMahshava Tehila, the
end action is done through the beginning’s thought.
This is all a small introduction for the topic of Using
Drugs. On a general level, everything we should G-d willing should helpus reach
this tahlit, or pathway of reaching
completion. If you pay attention, a child never accepts an opened snack or
opened candy because they always want something completed. In human nature we
want to reach completion and we are attracted to perfection. Do drugs help us reach
this perfection?
The Peleh Yo’etz writes that some people have in their
nature this characteristic of zerizut
(speediness) and some people have the characteristic of a speed of a turtle and
are the ultimate lazy couch potatoes. After explaning this, Rav Eliezer Papo
ZTK’L explains that each person can take out a bad characteristic trait by
constantly working on themselves and becoming
accustomed to the opposite behavior.
For example, if someone is an angry individual, in order to permanently reach
bliss and happiness, they should go to the extreme and ALWAYS refrain from
becoming angry, no matter what befalls them.
This teaches us the idea that if one wants to succeed, they
must be persistence. Be’ezrat Hashem we should all succeed on being persistant
with our work of Serving Hashem in doing it in a respectful fashion according
to the Torah and avoiding the thoughts of: “But
what will my friends think?” or “How will my teacher react?”
Your future is up to
you.
Judaism=Think.
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