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Lech Lecha: Learn To Be Focused & Decisive From Avraham Avinu - The Insight of the Chofetz Chaim

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okay good morning everyone good morning friends I have a very powerful thought to share with you an observation of the great and this is an observation as true as it was in the times of it could not be more true today and it could not be more relevant than in our times the P says they went out to go out to the land of Canan can and they came to the land of Canan listen carefully it says they went out to go to the land of Canan and they came there why does it need to say they went out to go to the land of Canan and they came there just say either they went out to go to the land of Canan or they came to the land of Canan why does it need to say both and they went out to go to the land of Kanan and they came to the land of Kanan just say they came to the land of Canan or they went there points out that at the end of it says something a little bit differently by it says they went out with them from or to go to Canan and instead of saying it says they stopped off in and they settled there says let's contrast what Abraham did and what ter did Abraham set out to go to Canan and he went to Canan ter set out to go to Canan but he ended up stopping off in and he never got there says we need to follow the ways of Abraham that when you decide to do something you need to do it don't stop in middle of the road the would always tell people that if you're if you set out to do something a job a task you began it even if it's going to take much longer if you do it now you should do it now when the would begin an activity he would not Veer off and get distracted if you set out to go to Canan then go to Canan otherwise you're going to end up being like ter he wanted to go to Canan but he just stopped off in and he never went there there are a lot of good things in life that we start doing and especially in our times we get distracted we have these devices that every moment of the day are vying for our attention and if we're not opportunistic and we don't complete the task do you know that sometimes and maybe even very often the task never gets done so when you set out to do something to make that phone call to offer that good word to look that Mar up to do that Mitzvah to have that say there go do it don't don't just say oh I'm just going to check out I'm just going to look at I'm just going to no distraction is the difference between Abra and ter ter allowed himself to get distracted that is a mid in life there are people who are just one big distraction their entire life they're moving from one distraction to another yeah there things they want to do but somehow before everything they do there are a lot of different things that they allow they themselves to be sidetracked with AB aino was the king of decisive of execution and was the king of distraction that's the difference between Canan he set out to go to Canan he went to Canan ter he set out to go to Canan he didn't go there he ended up in that's offering number one an amazing observation of the