Small Is Not Small - R. Yehoshua Nissan - TorahAnytime.com

And I want you to know something. I have things that I learn every day. I have things that I'm committed to learning every single day. Or at least different days of the week, certain things, the way they they fall out. You think I don't miss them? >> [clears throat] >> Sometimes. Sometimes I do. Sure. I have I I don't have the opportunity during the day to do it, and then it comes late at night, and I'm like, "Okay, I got to do it." And then I just collapse and I fall asleep. You can't let that knock you out of the running. Otherwise, you'll be out of the running. The next day you wake up and you say, "Okay, we missed one. Let's get the next one." You missed one, you get the next one, my friend. You missed one, you get the next one. Every one of them is so good. So, as a practical piece of advice, make that little step forward, commit to it. But when you slip up, if you slip up, don't let that make you quit. Just keep on going, because those steps forward are what it's all about. They transform you, and they make Hashem get your back. And I want to tell you something. You know, you think, "What's my little acceptance? I'm going to accept something on myself. Hashem cares. It's so precious to Hashem. I'm going to say I'm going to do a bracha. I'm going to keep shabbos. I'll keep shabbos for an hour. I'll put on tfillin. Or maybe I'm I'm more advanced than that. I'll commit to learning more. I'll commit to doing mussar and personal growth for 10 minutes a day." I can't say enough about that. You know that, my friends. To learn 10 minutes a day of a book, or 5 minutes a day of a book that will inspire you to grow in personal development, Mesillas Yesharim, and all the other ones. You say you're going to do that. You say you're going to learn more. You're going to say you're going to work on your anger. Or you're going to work on your jealousy. Or you're going to work on your prayer. Or you're going to work on your psalms. Anything, all that. As you say is it significant to such a small thing? We say take something take something small. He say so so so small. So so small is so small. So why does Hashem care? Does Hashem care?