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Enjoying Frustration

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I'd like to share an insight with you as we approach the holiday of course we all know that each of the days of the spherical responds to one of the 48 ways with which the Torah is acquired one of the 48 ways to wisdom the way but Erica pion means conquering frustration my rebbe reb nor mine bird of blessed memory used to say is not enough to conquer frustration but you should actually enjoy it how so and he would explain that each one of us has paid good money to buy a little box of frustration yes each one of us has gone into a store and bought a jigsaw puzzle and it's not enough to buy a jigsaw puzzle of four pieces that's no fun you need a jigsaw puzzle of 500 pieces a thousand people that's really difficult and that if you can make that one that'll be a pleasure what's the pleasure the pleasure is a pleasure of creativity you're creating a beautiful picture and the process is a pleasurable one it's a process of discovery of insight of looking for clues as you create this beautiful picture in life we can also go through typical situations it can be frustrating people that are difficult and we just don't know how to change them or how to get out of the situation difficult situations that can trouble us and really be not easy but if we realize that in life we too are creating something we're creating our true selves we're becoming complete we're becoming great and not only that but we have an infinite creator of the universe who's guiding us every moment so that we can get there so we should realize that we have frustrating situations it's a puzzle and if it's a difficult plasm it has inherently more opportunity for pleasure and we should ask ourselves what is it that a shem is trying to teach me look for the clues realize it's a process of creativity to pleasurable crows process and if you go through life that way you'll enjoy the puzzle you'll create something beautiful of yourself and you won't even notice the frustration so may we all be able to perfect ourselves put in the effort see the beauty of what we're creating in this world so that we can be ready unsure for the giving of the Torah