Shnayim Yomi - Vayeitzei - Chamishi - #5 - Rabbi Shlomo Landau - Living in Both Worlds

Hashem comes to Yakov and he says to YaKob, you got to leave Lavan. You can't be here any longer. You're never going to get to where you need to get to if you're sticking around with this man. And now Yakov has to go to his wives to and he needs to tell them that we need to leave. The simple strategy would have been Hashem says we need to leave. Let's leave. But that's not at all what happens. Yakovu goes into an entire monologue with them and he says to them, "Your father, he's not seeing me the way he saw me previously and he keeps tricking me and it's not a good situation and there's no future here. Let's leave. Hopefully, we'll have a better future." And the wives respond in kind. They say, "You're right. He hasn't treated us properly. He hasn't treated you properly. We need to leave. said whatever Hashem says do. So what's happening here? Initially Yakob doesn't just say Hashem said leave let's leave. He gives an entire thought process a logical reason and they're like yes that's a logical reason. You know what let's listen to Hashem says something that's transformational. Certain people think that living in this world in misery, living in this world in pain is part of earning and even if I have a life of absolute discomfort, I have a life that's struggling and challenging the whole time and no light and no happiness. Ah, but I'm going to get okay, you will get maba, but that's not how you're supposed to live your life. You're supposed to live your life trying to understand the amazing things that are part of your life every single day. Like they say, the word is rashis. It's an acronym kati kais malle the cup half full. We need to live a life with wisdom. We need to find the blessings that Hashem has given us. Yes, there'll be struggles. Yes, there'll be challenges. And ultimately, we live because Hashem wants us to be in this world and fulfill his rat. But we first need to see Hashem's blessings in this world. And once we see them, we're like, "Okay, okay, I appreciate the blessings. I'm going to live with them and I'm going to fulfill your will.