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Direction - R. Hillel Eisenberg - TorahAnytime.com

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I was in Vietnam and I it was Arab Shabas and we needed to find a hotel that was pretty close to the Shaw but also had like a gate around it cuz I went to Vietnam with my my wife and two kids at the time. So a there's no a roof so we needed to like a gated so we not trapped in our little we found a hotel around 25 minutes away. So, a hustling Arab shabas. It's 177 degrees outside. You think this part of the world is hot in the summer? You go to Vietnam. You're swimming in a crockpot. There are air conditioning companies there filming their advertisements. So, I'm hustling. I'm late. I got my suit, jacket, tie, talis, sweating, and I'm going up this very steep hill. And on top of this hill, there was like this yo-yo factory that just finished their work for the week. And they're letting out their 10 million employees at the exact moment that I'm coming up the hill. They start going down the hill. You think Manhattan is crowded? You go to Vietnam, you're not sure if you're walking on a street or if you've been packed into a can of tuna. So, I'm going up and it's them coming down and I'm sweating like an idiot and one guy I not he starts making fun of me. He starts, you know, out of saying it wasn't in I'm not English, but he was poking jokes at me. And then he says to me as I'm like squirming through them, you're going in the wrong direction, man. You are going in the wrong direction, man. He's got shorts and sandals. He's holding a beer. So, I smiled. But you know what I was thinking? I'm going in the wrong direction. I'm going in the wrong direction. YOU HAVE NO DIRECTION. YOU WORK IN A YO-YO FACTORY. YOU MANUFACTURE toys that go nowhere. You've got nothing. Your weekend is nothing. Your work is nothing. Your day is nothing. I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I HAVE SHABAS. I HAVE KUSHA. I HAVE TAHARA. I HAVE A WIFE. I'M LOVING KIDS. HAVE TERRA I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I AM THE DIRECTION. That's what I was thinking. Every yid needs to think he is the direction cuz he