Emet Inspire - Rabbi Eliyahu Maksumov - One Step Closer

[Music] Maybe we could learn something from the secular world. We all heard of a fellow by the name of Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was the one who create the light bulb. Now, what's impressive about Thomas Edison is in the fact that he came to create the light bulb, but what it took him to create the light bulb. It took Thomas Edison a thousand tries, a thousand and one tries until he finally came to succeed in creating the light bulb. And within the process, he has failed and he has been put to jail for burning houses and putting houses on fire accidentally and then he will go back at it. And after a thousand tries, he finally succeeded at his 10,000 in one try. And when they interviewed Thomas Edison, they asked, "Thomas Edison, is it true that you have tried and failed a thousand times until you have come to succeed in achieving your goal of creating the light bulb?" He said it is true. However, I have not failed a thousand times. Rather, I have found a thousand ways that don't work. That is attitude. This is a person who understands that when life throws you a challenge, you step up to the plank and you make the best out of it. That when the going gets tough, the tough get going. And he see tells himself, maybe I have failed today, but tomorrow I will learn from my mistake and I will try again. I learn from my mistakes. I look back and I see what I didn't do and I'll try to achieve great and I will try to strive for greatness. The gates of haraj's job is not to put you down, guys. The gates of haraj's job is not to put you down. The gates of haraj's job, the evil inclination's job is to keep you down. And if you don't get up, then you fail. Can you imagine? You're in a boxing arena with this humongous heavyweight champion. And he keeps knocking you down. And you somehow pick up the strength to somehow get yourself back on your feet and you put your hands together again. He knocks you down. Can you imagine for every time you will get yourself back up how wild the crowd would go? Can you imagine the awe on these people's face? Their jaws will drop to the ground. This is who you Can you imagine just the scene? Just imagine your head. Everybody's cheering for you. You're not giving up. [Music]