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There was a jiad who had such a
beautiful life. He had a wife. He had
kids. He had parnasa. Everything was
literally picture perfect. The Germans
invaded. And very quickly he realized
that his life is about to get turned
upside down. And coming from such a
place of literally prosperity, success,
happiness, comfort,
this quick change was very very scary to
him. But as a bab, as a as a pious
individual,
he did whatever he can to hold on to the
perspective to the
throughout the entire very short process
of losing everything.
So what happened was the Germans invaded
and immediately they busted his entire
business and his ashkaf was okay like my
business is gone. They ruined
everything. They stole everything. I
have nothing left but at least I have my
beautiful family. I have my wife. I have
my possessions. I have my house. Then
they came and they usurped took
everything out from his house.
But he was consoled by the fact that
okay at least we had the opportunity. We
knew we had the foresight. We knew they
were coming and everyone at least was
about was able to take a suitcase with
all the valuable possessions. At least
for that. Then the Germans took all of
those suitcases and all he was left with
was his mindset. Okay, at least we're
able to take all the valuables and pack
them into one suitcase. And then finally
the Germans took that away and he looked
at his family and said, "At least I have
a beautiful family."
And thenu
the unimaginable
they took his family
and he said I think I'm done. I tried
and tried and tried and I don't even
have my family.
As they were lining everyone up to take
him to Awitz,
he looked at himself
bereft of everything of his business, of
his house, of his possessions, of his
wife, of his little children,
and he took a deep look inside and he
said, "Is there anything left? Is there
anything left that I can still possibly
be thankful that I can have some I can I
can unearth some perspective of of
thanks even in this most eerie dark
literally facing death situation and as
people were being gassed going right
left right left and he was on that line
he had a half hour of time where he was
doing a tremendous serious deep
introspection and he realized that at
least I have a at least I have
the war passed and he was able to
rebuild and he would say for years later
he moved to Tel Aviv and he was very
successful. He rebuilt remarried had a
built a beautiful built a beautiful
successful business again
and as successful as he was. He would
always say
I wish I can go back to that moment to
that situation to that half hour that I
had when I had literally nothing. I
didn't have my kids. I didn't have my
wife. forget my possessions of my
business. And it was the clearest
knowledge. It was literally tangible
during that one half hour of my life
where I realize that at least I still
have a baru that's unshakable. No one
can take that away from me. Death
itself. And as long as I'm alive,
I'm the richest man.
I lost a lot. But I have God. I have
everything. living with Hashem, knowing
that Hashem doesn't expect perfection in
every situation, but Hashem expects that
when we're in situations to try to make
it the most perfect as possible, that's
a tremendously
important, vital aid. It's very
difficult. When we're able to rise
to the test and we're always tested,
we're always seeking, we're always
looking, we're life is filled with ups
and downs and disappointment and
rejection. But sometimes when we just
look at what we do have, we can be
thankful for wife, our kids, our
parnasa, whatever that we do have and
certainly say that we still have the
abish.
realize that there's nothing greater,
there's nothing more perfect than that
itself. And that
mere recognition that we're the most
taken care of when we have a laughing.
