Shnayim Yomi - Bereshit - R'vi'i - #4 - Rabbi Joey Haber - The Power to Change the Dynamic

You ever get down? You ever get depressed? Maybe it's a rainy day and it's a little boring and a couple of things aren't going well and you want to sag your head. this aliyah and is for you because in this aliyah we have the story of cayenne and he and if you look at the story closely where he cion brings a kurban and he brings a kban and he is accepted and cayenne isn't and ultimately cayenne kills he if you read the story closely there's something that happens in the middle of the story again the happened and hashem accepts cayenne and hashem accepts he and then and not kayen's and cayenne gets He gets angry and his face falls. Right at that moment, Hashem appears to him. He doesn't wait for the murder. Right away, he pierced him. He says, "Why are you upset? Why are you angry? Why are you letting your face fall? If you do good, it could be good." This is the powerful moment in your life. A person could go from depression to crazy things. At that moment when you feel down, you should picture Hashem appearing to you and saying, "Why are you down? I know things that went wrong, but you could change it." If you do good, you could change it. So, I know today isn't a good day, and I understand you're down. Every person, if you're human, every person takes a punch. And sometimes you take a lot of punches. That's how life is. But at that moment that you feel down, look in the mirror. Stop for a second. Look up to Shamay and say, "You know what, Hashem, you've done so much good for me. I'm alive. I'm healthy. Maybe you have a family. Maybe you're building a family. Maybe soon you will. You have so much blessing." Stop acknowledge the and then change the dynamic. Immediately put a smile on your face. Immediately start thanking Hashem for things. Immediately start figuring out what your next step is going to be. Because Kayen's mistake wasn't the murder. Of course, that was the ultimate mistake. But Kayen's real mistake was he allowed the depression to continue. And once you allowed it to continue, that's when it becomes dangerous. Right at that moment when you feel down, break the pattern. Change it. Because had a cayenne done that our world would be a completely different place.