I Have Everything - R. Joey Haber - TorahAnytime.com

the end of Abraham's life the pasuk says he gave gifts to all of his sons and he gave it he gave everything to how could he give y everything if he gave everyone else gifts the answer is he didn't give physically everything he gave him this Mida this characteristic that what you have where you are in your life that is your everything and sure enough later on in's life he'll try to give a to one son he gives it to the other son and then asav comes in with food and he tells his father please eat my food says I'm sorry I can't because someone else came in your brother already came in he brought it and I ate from everything right here at his most difficult moment in his life when he realizes that his sons will never get along when he realizes that his view of the world maybe has to change at that difficult moment he says I have everything right now and in the parasha we read yesterday as Rabbi rber messed just now Yakov aino gives es gifts and he says says yes I have a lot a lot means I have a lot but I could kind of use a little more and because of that ultimately he takes the gift yov says keep it I have yes I have the blessing of my father the less blessing of my grandfather I am blessed literally with everything so you can keep the gift each one of them Abraham and yob set it at precarious difficult moments in their life they were able to see and realize that this moment where I am right now this is my everything so don't ever let the world fool you to think it's there it's there because in so many cases you got there and it's not there because happiness is not a destination happiness is a decision it's a decision to realize that right here where I am right now I have everything