Look for the Higher Purpose in Life - Rabbi Eitiel Goldwicht

a friend of mine was a commander in the tsanjanim the paratroops unit of the idf and he told me i remember the moment that he knew i wanted to become a commander said it was in masakumta they're going on a 100 kilometer hike with all of their equipment and he said after 60 kilometers you can barely feel your legs you're cold to the bone you're tired your back hurts he said i was ready to give up but then i looked around and i saw a friend of mine who was having a much harder time he was falling in the back and he wasn't gonna make it so i decided you know what i'm gonna go there and i'm gonna help him out he said i went to the back and i started giving him you know encouragement let's do this giving him a push and suddenly i felt that i had more energy to get through the whole massage because i was helping somebody else out this week's torah portion jewish wisdom tells us when a person is focused on a certain value on a certain spiritual goal or mission that itself gives him strength it says by yaakov avinu after he fell asleep and dreamt about the angels going up and down the ladder [Music] vaishna lifted up his legs and he went towards khara and the commentaries explained what does that mean that he lifted up his legs that his heart gave him energy and he went with so much more happiness and energy to do his mission to build the jewish people when we recognize that we're on a mission we have the strength to get up in the morning we have the strength to do anything that we wish to accomplish [Music]