Who says I'm cut out for learning? | Life questions with Rabbi W! - Status Island

Hi and welcome to life questions with Rabbi W brought to you by the status.com. You can submit a question by emailing me rabbiwya.org or by messaging the status island at 7187878217. Now that live questions with Rabbi W is in conjunction with the status island. We're getting voice notes also. So I can't play the voice note. I'm going to try to give over somebody sent in a question with a voice note. I'm going to try to give over their question as best as I can. And it's always preferable to just stick to text like that. We could read it. We could read it and we know that we're reading exactly what you wrote. The question is how do I know what I'm here to accomplish just I'm just here to learn and Davin. I know I was taught in yeshiva that whatever I struggle with that's my personal struggle. That's my personal tick form. But what about my accomplishment? That's the struggle. That's what I have to keep away from. But what what about accomplishing? So he said he had a conversation with somebody recently about winning the lottery. What if he wins the lottery? So he said, "If I win the lottery, I'm going to go a half a day to coyle." He said, "I can't do a full day in coil. I know myself. A full day is not for me, but I don't have to work for Kosa. A half a day I'm going to sit and learn." So his friend said that's easy for you to say but to you know who said that half a day is for you maybe you're here to accomplish something else maybe to isn't your thing so he asked who am I what am I what am I here for if if it's not if if I don't have to work to bring in panasa what am I here for that's the question now the answer is going to sound a little bit simple but for the answer we have to come back to reality And the fantasy about winning the lottery is beautiful. It's very nice. But the reality is that you're working. And the reality is that Hashem runs the world. And if you're working, Hashem is the one who gave you the job, who put you in that position. So what you do, that's what you need to accomplish. We're not talking about a 15year-old who's looking at life and saying, "Where am I going in life? What am I going to do in life? What am I going to accomplish in life? That's a different question. But we're talking about somebody who has a life. He has a job. He has a business. He's out in the world. He's accomplishing things. He has a family. So the place where you are, that's exactly where you need to be because Hashem runs the world. And he didn't make you win the lottery. He made you go into work every day because the work that you're doing every day, that's what's necessary. That's what's needed from you. Now at the same time there's a zy says there's no good if a person has a good rat to do something good he has shifus he wants to accomplish something good it doesn't go lost so if a person takes 10 seconds and for these 10 seconds he says I wish I won the lottery and I could go back to kyle those 10 seconds are never going to go lost the z says And there's a story that Rabbi Miller used to tell Rabbi Viller used to tell the story about Salante that salant he originated the idea of kalin that people should instead of going out to work should sit and learn and they should get a small stipent for sitting and learning so that they should be able to learn without worries. So he was working hard to raise money for that and his talid saw how he's talking to an older man spent a lot of time talking to this older man telling him about his idea for a coyo his vision and convincing him why it would be such a good thing. So after he finished a conversation asked this is a big oyure he's a big a he's going to give a lot of money. So said, "No, actually he's a popper. He doesn't have a penny. He he doesn't have anything." So they said, "So what do you why are you wasting your time with him?" So said to them, So some people can pay for the and they have the mitzvah of paying for the coil. But some people they can't pay for it but at least they want it. So if they want it they're not losing that desire to do something good. They're not losing it. So fantasy is not a good thing. If if it's not good to start living in fancy what happens if I'm going to win the lottery and then I'm going to and I'm going to do this and I'm going to do that. You're just you're wasting your time. But if you take your fantasy and you say, you know what, I'm going to sit and learn and I'm going to dive and I'm going to be much calmer. I'm going to have time to dive in and I'm going to have time to learn. So you're accomplishing. You're accomplishing tremendously. So I don't see why if your friend tells you if I'm going to win the lottery, I'm going to go learn and code. You shouldn't be having such a conversation with your friend. Talk about better things. Don't talk about the fantasies. But if you are already and he says, "I want to learn a half a day." Say, "Look, why don't you learn a whole day?" I can't. You can't now. But imagine you're going to make so much money. You're going to be able to learn a whole day. And think about we're going to learn together. We're both going to win the lottery. If it's fantasy, it's we're both going to win the lottery. We're both going to sit and learn together all day. And you're accomplishing. It's mitzvah. It's mitzvah just for a simple fantasy. And to the point of whether oh maybe even a half a day isn't for you maybe only a half hour you should learn there's a famous shak the shak writes in that a person has to learn that are relevant to daily life and he says sometimes they have to they have businesses and they only have three or four hours a day to learn so they have to learn gamorra they don't have because they only have three or four hours to learn so they don't have the time to learn. So you see this was a few hundred years ago. Somebody was a simple balabos meant that he only has 3 hours 4 hours to learn a day. He doesn't have enough time in his day to to learn fully to learn properly. So we have to look at ourselves and take a deep honest look at ourselves and say why in our society is 3 four hours a day considered crazy you know that a that's impossible that's for sure not possible maybe it is possible maybe it is something that we could change that we would be able to learn more even with a job even without winning the lottery. But um to answer your question what am I here for? You're here. You You were put in the place you are. And there's a lot that you're accomplishing there. And the place you are, the job you are, the people you have to deal with, that's where Hashem put you. And that's where you're accomplishing. And very important, if you do have good fantasies, stick to those fantasies. Don't let anybody tell you, "Oh, it's not for you. It's not." Don't talk to such people. You stick to um your real life. And if you ever have fantasies, it should be good fantasies that will remain with you in Adam forever and ever.