Lesson from the Ant - R. Yaakov Rahimi - TorahAnytime.com

writes are read the writes go to the ant lazy one go look at its ways of the ant how it conducts herself and you will get smarter I read you have the puk what's here saying what's king Solomon here saying writes you want a lesson for life you want a tip to learn what it means to really serve hashem go look how An ant, a little bug crawls and look what she does. Learn from her ways. You're going to serve Hashem better. What is it learned from an ant? What is it learned from? Says the midashim two understanding in this and both of them are tremendous lessons. Tremendous lessons for life. Lesson number one, an ant says the midash lives an average lifespan of six months. An average ant lives for six months. Not too long. How much food does an ant need to live for those six months? A kernel and a half. That's all they need. Colernel and a half. Says the midrash. An ant for a few months in the summer prepares itself. Goes collects kernels, more kernels over there, more wheat over there. Puts it on her back. Goes underground. And they have three stories worth of storage of kernels. And it collects. It collects. So in the winter it doesn't have to leave. So it has enough food underground. Says the midrash. Why does an ant why does a prepare so much kernels so much? If all you need is one and a half kernel, if all you need is a why does it prepare so much? All you're living is for 6 months. All you need is a kernel and a half. Why are you busy for months collecting and collecting and collecting and collecting as if you're living until a thousand years? Says the midrash to Hashem. And to Hashem that hopefully Hashem will give her longer life. Hopefully she will live for long for longer than 6 months. So just in case the ant might live longer this since than 6 months. It needs food. So just in case it might live longer, it needs food. It collects for a few months food to have to live just in case she lives longer. So what's the lesson from? What is he telling us from an ant? If a nimla that lives for six months prepares so much, how much does a human being the should live to 120 years but knows you're going to and the only way you live in is only if you come prepared with and in your pocket. If an ant lives 6 months, but just in case it might live longer, it prepares so much. They have food to eat to live. How much more so says every human being alive has to make sure they're preparing themselves for which we know we're all going after 120 years. And is forever and ever. And the only way you can live in a lama is only if you come prepared with mitzvah.