Nobody Better Than Me | Rabbi Yehuda Mandel

Some people don’t like to be arrogant. Some people don’t like to be arrogant. You want to work on Kedusha? Join the arrogance club. Become a Baal Gaivanik. Trade Middos, from Taiva to Gaiva. Every time a person controls himself, then the Neshama of Yosef Hatzadik himself comes into him. A Zchus to be connected with Yosef Hatzadik, The whole Kri'as Yam Suf is thanks to Yosef Hatzadik. You are part of him. And what did Yosef do to get himself out of it? He said, nobody bigger than me around here, "איננו גדול בבית הזה ממני" I can’t do this garbage. Now, when you watch your eyes, you become dignity. Even a Goy respects you. They see this guy watches what he does. they have tremendous respect. And the way you feel yourself, you do it to build up your self-esteem. It’s very healthy, psychologically. And when you’re looking every place you want to look and you can’t get it, it’s frustrating. It’s a game. It’s a tease. And it’s hurting you. It’s not healthy. I know a guy, that he Davened and he’s still falling in. And one day he got an idea. He started thanking Hashem for all of those times that he succeeded. It was over. Afterwards he was a new person. People do not thank Hashem for their successes. They’re too involved in, oh I messed up here, I messed up there. Get away from that, take a break, and say thank you that you’re working on it. And by the way, the pain, He wants us to come out ahead. You're in such a goldmine, even when you're falling because you’re having pain when you fell. You were נכשל. The pain that you had is precious! So you’re getting either way, you’re coming out ahead. R’ Galinsky zt"l told me, with Hashem everything’s great. You’re a winner no matter what. You’re a winner because you didn’t look. And when you did look you’re a winner because it hurts you that you did look. I heard this בשם R’ Aharon Karliner: A Bachur went through the streets and didn’t see a thing. When he came to the Beis Medrash, if he didn’t dance for a half an hour, that’s why people don’t grow! Why don’t you dance for a half an hour? You have no idea what a Zchus you have, that Moshiach is coming. He's waiting for this last test of Kedusha. You hold out with this, your Yetzer Hara is going wild to get you. That’s why we have all this crazy stuff. In Europe they never had nothing like this. We are the greatest soldiers Hashem ever had. The last Dor, עקבתא דמשיחא, Forget about success. The fact that you’re trying, and you’re talking about it. How do we try this? All different Eitzahs. That stuff is a gold mine in שמים. And because of us, Moshiach will be here. Give yourself credit, don’t look at everyone else. Give yourself credit, and say "I did like Yosef." Nobody better than me around here. Go with Gaiva and you made it!