The Gifts - R. Dovid Kaplan - TorahAnytime.com

I think I told you the story. Remember the story of the father with the three sons. There's this this guy uh this father, he has three sons. The first son turns 18. On the day he turns 18, a letter arrives from an attorney. An anonymous donor has sent a million dollars to become your sons on his 18th birthday. Yeah. 18. A million bucks. 18 years old. He goes out and buys himself a >> some sort of car, right? Nobody has ever said anything differently, you know. He went out and bought himself a tent. No. No. He went he went out either a car. There are two g two gears in the Gomorrah. A car or a sports car. You know, he bought himself a Lamborghini or a Maserati. You know, one those obviously. Okay. He's driving around his brand new car. Three weeks later at 90 miles an hour hits a tree and he gets killed instantly. Two years later, second son turns 18. Day turns 18. A letter arrives from a lawyer. Million bucks to become your son. This time, family's more cautious. They put a lot of it away. He still has more money than is good for him. Gets involved with the wrong friends. Gets involved in drugs. Has to go to rehab. His life is ruined. Two years later, the third son turns 18. Letter arrives from the lawyer. Million bucks. Father calls up the lawyer. We decline the money. Lawyer says, "I'm sorry, your son's 18. He's an adult. You can't decline the money. He's legally entitled to it. Father goes ballistic. He says, "Who keeps sending this money?" He says, "Do you remember about 20 years ago, you had a partner in business and the two of you had a very nasty split?" He vowed that one day he's going to get revenge. He made a lot of money and decided the best way to get revenge is to send a million dollars to each of your sons on their 18th birthday. Looks like he was right. But sometimes in life, we know what's good for us. We know what's good for us. And then coach says, "No, no, no. If I give this to you right now the way you want it, you'll crash it either physically or spiritually. It's not good for you. And therefore, the lesson, the Torah lesson over here is sometimes it is a circuitous route. That's the first thing we have to know. that sometimes a coach he knows what he's