Accepting Your Lot - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

It's very important for a person to learn to appreciate what he has in life. Wherever you find yourself in life, you have to feel this is where Hashem put me. And most people have a hard time doing this. They just can't accept their lot. They cannot accept their situation. And they feel that for so long as I don't have what this person has and what that person has, I'm never going to be happy. I'm never going to be satisfied. And I'll never amount to anything. What do you want from me? What do you expect from me? Do you see my life? When I have the house that that guy has and when I have the children that that person has and when I have the talents that this person has and when I have the money that this person has, then I'll be complete. Then I will reach my potential in this world. Then I will grow. But that's not the attitude we should have. The attitude that we should have is that if this is what Hashem gave me in life, then I'll make the most out of it. I'll make the best out of my situation. And if this is what Hashem gave me, then I will learn how to deal with it. And I will learn how to utilize my talents that Hashem has given me and my strengths that Hashem has given me and make the most out of it. Make the best out of it. And therefore, you see people they say, "What do you expect from me? This is why I'm getting by and this is why I can get out of bed in the morning and this is why I'm depressed. Why? Because I don't have the life I want." Hesco Levenstein would say whatever Hashem gives you is a blessing and a blessing for you. If he would have wanted to you to be somebody else, you would have been somebody else. But Hashem does not want you to be somebody else. Hashem wants you to be you. I'll be the best me I can be. If this is Hashem what Hashem granted me in life, then this is what I'll make the most of. Hashem won't have claims on me because I didn't become somebody else. Hashem won't have claims on me and say, "Hey, why didn't you amount to somebody else's potential?" Hashem says, "I gave you these tools in life and this is what I want you to work with." And some people have health problems and this is this is what Hashem wants from them. This is how Hashem wants them to serve him to go and learn how to serve Hashem under such circumstances. And if somebody doesn't have money then they have to say and this is the case then I will work to serve Hashem as best as I can under these circumstances. And if person can't have children or other other issues, he has to accept this is what God wants for me and Hashem wants me to make the most of it. And you won't be held by another standard.