It's All About the Journey - R' Meir Simcha Sperling

[Music] In parini the puk says vayavenu [Music] accused iron a of making a mistake and the pusk says he was angry he came off pretty harsh on him waits till he's finished then he responds and he explains himself and misherenu realizes that he made a mistake he got angry for no reason it was a mistake and what does he say after making the mistake he doesn't fall apart he doesn't quit and say forget it I can't do this I can't be a leader of this nation he says no he says this is good in my eyes the greatest man to ever walk on earth makes a mistake and says it's okay I'm a human I don't have to be perfect he admits that he was wrong and he gets up and he continues to serve Hashem said we're human beings we are not expected to be perfect you know there's a famous line that actually comes from a medish that says perfection is the enemy of the good. So often in life, we focus on the goal, on the end game, on how we need to score 100%. We need it to be perfect. We need to be perfect. And if we can't, if we fail, if we mess up, we might as well give up and not even try. And Rabbi said that is the biggest mistake. You know, there's a cliche in the business world. It's all about the results. I don't care how you get there, just get the results that we're looking for. Rabbi say in it's the opposite. It's all about the journey. It's not about the results. The results are all beside the point that's in the hands of Hashem. We need to do the best that we can through the journey. We need to try our hardest. We got to do our We got to use to make the right decisions, not to be perfect because perfection is impossible. How can we do our best? How can we work so hard if the journey is so long? So, here's a tip I want to share with. You ever wonder why in meditation we always talk about the breath? Think about the breath. Be mindful. Why the breath? The answer is because you can never survive on a previous breath or a future one. You can only live on the breath of the present, on the minute, on the mindfulness, on what's happening right now, the breath of now. And this is why if you focus on the right now, you're not worried about your whole life. You're not thinking about all your failures and all the journeys ahead and all the battles that you're focused on right now, on this breath, on this moment. How could I overcome this moment? And that's not so hard to do. If I tell you you have a war for the next hundred years of your life, that's very hard to take. That's a big burden on the shoulders. But if I tell you all you need to do is right now, right here, this breath, this battle, it's a whole different world, a whole different game. Rabbi say if an army had to look at every single battle at the same time and every soldier had to be everywhere at the same time and have to carry that burden at the same time, it would be impossible to ever win any war. They take one battle at a time, one person at a time, one tank at a time. Rabbi said, "Let's take one nayan at a time today, right now. What's in front of you, look down, control yourself, and say, "Hashem, I'm doing this for you." And then Rabbi said, "We'll all be able to become masters, not of perfection, but of goodness.