Bold as a Leopard: Stop Playing Small

do such a big thing, even going after this animal? He says, because the the leopard has is a bold animal. It always looks like it's it's taking on tasks that are much bigger than it. Likewise, the Tiferes Yisrael says, a man should never shrink should never shirk spiritual opportunities with claim that such things are only for the truly righteous, for the tzaddikim. He should be bold and fearless and ambitious as a leopard in assuming spiritual duties beyond his perceived capabilities and trust that Hashem Yisbarach will grant them the strength to overcome the obstacles. Now, when people say you should have emunah and bitachon in Hashem, what they don't understand is that you're supposed to have emunah and bitachon in Hashem, and assume that Hashem has emunah and bitachon in you, too. Meaning that if he gave you a test, you have emunah and bitachon he's going to help you, and if you fall off the mountain, he's going to catch you, right? In reality, what you're supposed that emunah and bitachon is relying on the fact that you also believe he has emunah and bitachon in you, that if he gave you a test, you're going to do it. He gave you a test, you're going to pass it. If he put YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO GO, you're going to win. If he give YOU A BIG OBLIGATION, YOU'RE GOING to take the bull by the horns, you're going to run. You're not going to be a loser and hide. Don't hide behind your responsibilities and your obligations and your past and your past and your past and your past. Because the past belongs to the Satan. You have to Hashem gave you now, that means he has emunah and bitachon in you. He has emunah and bitachon in you that you're going to do it. And that's why you have emunah and bitachon in him says that ah, I I doesn't seem like I can really do it. It doesn't seem like it's too big for me. This It's as big as a tree. It's as big as the world. WHO AM I TO EVEN SPEAK? Who am I to even do? Who am I to even read? Who am I? Who am I? I'M NOTHING. BUT, I'M GOING to go for it. Why? I'm supposed to be like the leopard. I'm supposed to be bold to go after big things. And because I went after it, Hashem's going to help me. He has emunah in me. That's why he gave me the test. I have emunah in him that if I go for it, he's going to help me achieve it. And this is specifically referring to spirituality. Of course, you could apply this in other things like business and so on. But the truth be told, most people don't really need much help in that stuff. They take on risks unnecessarily even without emunah and bitachon cuz they're gamblers. They like the rush of a gamble. They call it um capitalism or ambition. All types of code words that make them seem like they're smart. In reality, most of them are just gamblers. Gamblers. Risk-takers. Gamblers. Some are educated gamblers. Some are just stupid. Point is is that most people don't need help to take risks in business and so on. They like to hear other people's stories. But even if you give them advice of what to do and what you shouldn't do, if they already have their mind set up, it doesn't make a difference what experience you have. They're still not going to listen to you. But when it comes to spirituality, all of a sudden, everybody's humble. You tell somebody, "Listen, why don't you finish a massage in the next month?" No, come on. No, it's too big for me. I can't. Takes me so long. It's too big. It's too this. It's too that. Why is too big? You started. You do You can do it. Why not? No, come on. I'm not at that level. I'm not at that level. Why don't you wake up for nets? No, come on. It's tough for me. It's all It's hard. It's this. Why not? It's too hard. Okay, why don't you come to the show at least at least two out of the three every week? No, come on. It's tough. It's I'll try to make to one. Everybody can't do it. Everybody has this mentality that when it comes to Kadusha, comes to the to to to achieving Shlemut, no, no, that's only for the Tzadikim. He tells somebody, "Listen, you have to be modest." Yeah, I'm trying. What do you mean you're trying? A mini skirt you're trying? Your clothes are tight enough to make make people think it's a second layer of skin you're trying? Oh, that's my own level. You're at your level. Don't judge me. I'm not judging. I'm just telling I'm just telling you why you're being a loser. Why are you torturing your own neshama? What did the neshama do to you? What did the neshama do to you that you're torturing it so much with sins? Why? Why are you torturing your neshama? Your neshama is tzaddik. Tzaddikah. It was perfect before you ruined it. Why? No, it's you know, I No one really has an excuse. Reality is that everybody wants to be ambitious when it comes to business, but not ambitious when it comes to Avodat Hashem. The Mishnah here starts by telling you you're supposed to be ambitious by Avodat Hashem. You have to be ambitious in your serving of Hashem Yitbarakh. If you're not ambitious in your in your serving of Hashem Yitbarakh, you've already lost and the reason why the says that the raw constantly whispers in a person's ear I can't do it. It's too much. It's too much. I can't do it. You can't do it. You can't finish a massage. You can't finish the shots. You can't write this. You can't write that. You can't understand what he's saying. You can't know. You can't learn this. You can't learn that. No, you're not ready. You're not ready to do this. You're not ready to do that. You're not ready to get married. So what are you going to do? Stay single and miserable? You're not ready to get married. No, no, you're still too young. You're only 20 years old. So what are you supposed to do? Continue wasting seed and destroying a shamah for another 5 10 years? Until you have a mush for sure guaranteed gain on forever. Like what? What are you supposed to do? No, you're not ready. You're not ready for this. You're not ready for that. The raw will always tell you you're not ready to be holy. The raw is always going to tell you all of these big things. They're for other people much bigger than you. They're for the of the world. They're for the Baba Sali. They're for all the big they're not for you. You you're here. You're where you are. You're here. You're you're a little guy. Wrong. You are who you believe you are. If you believe that you are nothing, you'll end up being nothing. If you believe that you're something, eventually you'll become something. But not if you're something just in your imagination and you do nothing about it. Hence the reason why the Mishnah picked an animal like the leopard that's very active and not a turtle. The Rebbe says dream the and then do it. >> Every Jew must remember that he is a Jew and she is a Jew. 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