Seeing the Good

A person should work on developing the ability to appreciate little things. One way of doing this is not to expect anything. When things go wrong, people ask, “Why is this happening to me?” Rarely does a person ask that question when things go right—as though he had a right to his good fortune. People…

Nature and Freedom  

It’s extremely important to train a child according to his nature. We should not try to change his personality, but give him the resources to use it for the good. Unfortunately, this most fundamental principle of Torah education is overlooked today, both by parents and in the schools, which have become so institutionalized that they…

What Really Counts

A person should get his happiness from eternal things, from leading a good life, from having a good relationship with G-d, not from transient things, that today you have them and tomorrow they’re gone. Real goodness in life comes from a sense of the eternal. Only the experience of living with the eternal can make…

The Art Of Blessing

The Chazon Ish pointed out a common misconception about bitachon: Many people think that bitachon means that whatever I trust in HaShem to do, He will do. If I want it (badly enough); it will be. I wish; therefore it is. On the contrary, said the Chazon Ish, the true definition of bitachon is the…