How Does Anxiety Bring Problems?

that when you worry when you worry about certain problems that haven't happened yet, you are bringing those problems on yourself. Why? That is the measure for measure punishment for not having a Muna Hashem. You don't believe in Hashem that he's going to give you enough money so you can move to Eretz Yisrael. You don't believe in Hashem that he's going to give you the right Zivug so you settle with whoever you meet. You don't believe in Hashem that he's going to give you the right job so you end up working on Shabbat. You don't believe in Hashem that you're going to be healthy so you end up eating all types of food that perhaps is not even kosher. What does the Kadosh Baruch Hu do? The very same things that you worried about, he brings to your life. That's the measure for measure punishment. Hashem Yishmor Yatzilenu. That's what the Bet Halevi says. That's what the Bet Halevi says, meaning that anxiety is not only not good for your health physically, anxiety is not good for your Neshama or literally your life. >> [snorts] >> Literally your life. Anxiety actually creates problems. I.E. Lack of Emunah and Bitachon creates the problem. So here the Gaon of Vilna is telling us you have to have Emunah and Hashem even if you don't even know what you're going to eat during the week because Shabbat is excluded. Holidays excluded. Mitzvahs excluded. Torah excluded from the natural that you are used to throughout the entire week. When it comes time to spending money on doing Mitzvot, on doing Kiruv, on learning Torah, on Shabbat, on holiday, all of those things, when it comes time to that, don't think in a natural rational way because you'll end up becoming a Kofel. You'll end up becoming a heretic. You'll end up becoming someone that you don't want to be.