We Are Different - R. Meir Simcha Sperling - TorahAnytime.com

We're the princes and the princesses of this world. We're the chosen nation and sometimes we focused on we focus on and we correct I mean we we catch and we get upset and we get sad and angry and there there there there there are so many things we're not allowed to do. We're so limited. We're not permitted this. I feel restricted by that. Instead of appreciating that this is what creates a role model. This is what creates a ben Torah. This is what creates a child of a Kodesh Baruchu. Instead of doing that we sort of get upset about it, right? This is what shapes our character, protects our dignity, and helps us become the people that a Kodesh Baruchu intended for his children. Right? A major part and remember this line, a major part >> [snorts] >> of a person's identity is defined not only by what they choose to do, but also by what they have the strength not to do. Because that's not for me. I'm not supposed to be looking at that. So why am I going there? Why am I looking at that? I'm not supposed to be doing this now. So why am I doing this now? And therefore we need to appreciate the fact that we're meant to live differently. Cuz we are different. But that's what makes us great. A prince and a king and a khashav person, yeah, you have to carry yourself with dignity. You have to accept the responsibilities of what you need to do. Right? Of of the boundaries that a king and a prince have boundaries. It's true they have unlimited money and and power but there's boundaries. You can't just walk out in a certain way and say certain things and wear a cap a certain way and not that there's anything wrong with wearing a cap whatever. I'm just saying like don't get emails like oh make a taste you know. Just you have to remember that there there are certain the more khashav a person is the more boundaries. Now just to be human, right? We're we're more khashav than animals. So there are boundaries. There have to be. This is a very important lesson. And it shouldn't be something that we should be afraid of. This is something that something that we should be so proud of, so happy that we have. Yeah, you're right. There are so many things that we're not allowed to do. And that's what makes us who we are. That's what makes us tremendous. That's what makes us great. We are Jewish. We are the children of a Kodesh Baruchu. are the chosen nation. Yes, we have boundaries. Yes, we are not supposed to look at that or watch that or listen to that. That's not who we are. We are so much greater, and that's what makes us so much greater. And we have the power to do that. All of us cuz we're all the children of God. So, I just think this is a an unbelievable lesson, an unbelievable