The Power of Patience: A Lesson in Trust - Rabbi Menachem Salasnik

Many of us grew up reading fables. And many of these fables weren't particularly pleasant. They didn't end particularly nicely. Uh you know, just to choose one particular example, the story of this poor man who did did some kindness, brought in a guest. The guest happened to be a a magician of some sort. And as a present for doing the kindness, he gave him a goose. And this goose laid a golden egg every day. And every single day the goose lays a golden egg. And obviously the man is very happy. He takes the golden egg. He goes and sells it. He can pay for his bills. But the problem is that the the guy is impatient. And he he starts thinking to himself, "Look, the goose must have all of these golden eggs inside. Let's go and cut open the gold the goose and I can to get all of the golden eggs in one go and then I can go and use that money and change my circumstances." And of course, he cuts open the the open the goose and there's no golden eggs inside. And you feel so disappointed. You think to yourself, "Oh, if only just been patient. If only just listened to the instructions." Now, why do I mention this? Because the tablets were broken. Why? Because Moshe had gone up for 40 days and 40 nights. And they miscalculated. And all they needed to do was to wait a few more hours. But instead they got caught up. But they ended up building a golden calf. And Tisha B'Av as well. They were ready to go into the land of Israel. If only they just listened to two of the spies who brought back wonderful reports. And this and and they could have gone up and we would have remembered for forever. The 9th of Av was the day that we took the first strides to walking into the land of Israel. And instead we got crying through the generations. We're supposed to be thinking these three weeks are actually a time of real disappointment. Cuz it wouldn't have taken much. It really wouldn't. Just a few more hours. Just a little bit more effort. Couldn't we have just waited? Do we have to cut open the goose and just to find that there was nothing there? What we have to remember is this. If somebody came to you and said, "All it's going to take is a tiny little bit of effort. Just to be to try not to speak badly about people. Just a little bit of effort. And everything would change." Would you do it? Just a little bit of effort. That's all it takes.