Just Do It! - R. Tzvi Sytner - TorahAnytime.com

the Torah uses the AA the last thing a parent a human being would ever want to do to teach us the lesson about doing things with a passion isn't that ironic you want to teach me the lesson of doing things with a passion and use the example of something that like I think it's exactly the point right it wouldn't be aish in any way to tell us that you did something you love with a passion oh I had a trip to Hawaii I was up at 3:00 a.m. to make sure I was there at the at the airport really early great go wake up at 3:00 a.m. say to Hillen on a Monday now we're talking the real test of love and passion the real test of a relationship is doing it when you don't feel like doing it not when you feel like it I once heard somebody say commitment Begins the moment you're ready to walk out the door and you don't that's a sign of commitment the the fact that you're the fact that you're good when things are good we could all be good when things are good the fact that you do things with an excitement when things are easy and wonderful and as things you love good the test of the relationship is when things are hard when you don't feel like doing it and you do it anyway our avod in life in many of the relationships in life is to do it with feeling even if you don't feel like doing to do it with feeling even if you don't feel like doing I don't feel like getting out of bed I don't feel like going to work I don't feel like doing I don't feel like going on a going out with my spouse I don't feel like smiling today it's to do it with feeling even if you don't feel like doing and I think when it comes to relationships it's very very appropo because you never know how long relationships lasts for anyway you know I was uh I was officiating a funeral on I think it was Monday Tuesday maybe I was doing a funeral and uh you know eventually at one point they start the kavur itself so everybody's doing the everyone everyone's putting the dirt and the earth into the into the grave and so it takes a little while and I while I'm standing there I see another guy I haven't seen the guy in probably 2 years the last time I saw him was also in a cemetery when I was officiating his son's funeral and we see each other he's there with his wife and G each other a big hug it was very emotional sort of seeing you know see you know reuniting like that and you know I inquire how he's doing and you know how things have been going what they're up to and then he says to me you know after you know a little bit of shmooing he says and how are your kids I said thank God my kids are great you know they're doing what little kids do the little ones are doing what little kids do they're making lots of noise you know what can you do and he like looked at me and he's like enjoy all the noise just enjoy all the noise and I was just like you do it with it with feeling even if you don't feel like doing who knows how long relationships last for for