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[music]
>> You ever wonder why a used car drops in
value the second you drive it off the
lot? I'm not talking about years later.
I mean, you buy a brand new car for
$40,000, you drive it literally 1 mile,
pull into a dealership like this, and
guess what? They'll offer you $33,000
for it if you're lucky.
Why?
The answer is because it's not new
anymore. That's it. That's the only
reason. It didn't break, it didn't fail,
it didn't crash. It's just been used,
and that alone makes it worth thousands
of dollars less. Boats, the same thing.
Phones, same thing. Laptops, you name
it. If it's used, it's worth less.
Because in the physical world, people
worship new.
But in the spiritual world, it's the
exact opposite. In the spiritual world,
used is valuable. Used is holy. Used
means you've lived. You know what a
tzaddik is according to the Torah? A
tzaddik is not a brand new car, shiny
and polished without a scratch on the
surface. A real tzaddik is the one who's
been through the mud and still polishes
his shoes when he gets out of it. A
tzaddik is someone who's been scratched
and dented and rear-ended and spun out
on black ice, hit the guardrail, sat in
the shop for a year, and still got back
on the road.
Sheva yippol tzaddik v'kum. A righteous
person falls seven times and gets back
up. We sometimes think to ourselves, if
we're damaged, if we failed, we've got
baggage,
we're worth less. We walk into shul
[music] thinking we're lemons that I to
beg Hashem just to be looked at.
But here's the truth.
You're not disqualified. You're hand
crafted. You're not a mistake. You're a
masterpiece in progress. [music]
Hashem doesn't just understand your
struggles. He's the one who gave them to
you in the first place. He designed your
[music] road. He built your journey. He
knows your engine better than you do.
And still he said, "I want you on
>> [music]
>> the road." You want to know what truva
is? Truva isn't begging to be a new car
again. Truva is saying, "I've driven
through storms and potholes [music] and
wrong turns and traffic jams, but I'm
still here. I'm still moving and I'm
still driving towards [music] greatness.
Because in Hashem's eyes, the most
valuable soul is the one that's been
used and keeps going. So don't trade
yourself in. Don't scrap your worth.
Turn the key
>> [music]
>> and keep on driving."
