Overcoming Depression - Rabbi Shimon Isaacson

it is well documented and is evident to all that despite the unbelievable technological advances that we've seen over the past decades and despite the unbelievable affluence that we have today compared to years and generations past people just don't seem to be as happy depression is up anxiety is up suicide is up people just don't have the same simcha that once existed and rafhamesh levitz writes in a beautiful beautiful piece in the beginning of his master that how much we have to work work work on appreciating just life itself the gift the gift of life says ya sorry phil even suffering i'm okay with as long as i have life as long as i am alive that's something the gift is so incredible and we read in partisan unbelievable idea and unbelievable matters that is cited by yaakov has finally reunited with yosef after so many years and now jose brings yaakov to paro and the first thing out of y'all out of power's mouth is he sees yaakov and he says you know what i'm 130 years old my life has been tough it's been a tough life and i've not reached the age of my father my grandfather and the dancer came in valeatosis cites a marriage where khazal want to impart to us this very very critical lesson and the measure says that yaakov was taken to task and that hashem says yeah you did have a hard life no doubt about it your struggles with asev your struggles with love on dina your daughter being raped you're safe losing yose for so many years thinking he was dead yes you had a very very difficult life but every step of the way says to yaakov i was with you every step of the way i saved you from me so i saved you from love on you were reunited with the old safe we worked things out for dina we every step of the way i was i was next to you i was by your side you were living you were alive and i was there with you and tell us a lesson for us even on his level he was taken to task and for every word in his response he lost the year of his life and while he was destined to live to the age of yisok 180 33 words in his response and he dies at 147. it's not about yaakov it's a lesson for us to appreciate life and stunningly the refrains comments and adds that if you count the words in the puzzle it's only 25 he only responds it's only a 25 word response yet even apparently what prompted the question that paro asked paro espanol paro el yakov kamehameha an extra eight words just the question yaakov apparently wanted to send us that message he also he also lost years because of the question that was asked because his countenance his demeanor apparently showed that age and we have to do everything we can life is tough life has its challenges no doubt no doubt but everything we can we have to appreciate that with us hashem walks by our sides and when we have those damn moments hashem will pick us up we have to appreciate life we have to appreciate the goodness of life the opportunities we have our families our friends our parnassa there's so much good that we have in our lives and when things do get us down to realize that we'll have the ability while the kawa hashem will give us to stand back up that's the lesson that want to teach us via yaakov and we taught it in a lesson we should learn so well to appreciate that unique ausair hakai