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Keep Smiling
Short inspirational pieces by Avrohom Tzvi Schwartz, Kiryat
Sefer, author of "A Handful of Light", "Hearts on Fire"
and his latest, "Be Happy and Succeed".
It Depends
What would you rather be: wise or happy?
There is a certain bliss in being ignorant -- "With more
wisdom is more anger, and one who gains knowledge hurts
more." For instance, can we enjoy our children when we know
they must die? Can we enjoy our wealth, our health, when we
see it diminish? Can we enjoy life when we envision calamity,
tragedy, lurking on each corner, waiting at every turn?
Still, this applies only to the wisdom, the technology and
philosophy of a finite world, a world that rusts, rots, dies.
True wisdom, however, knows that the soul is infinite -- that
there is life after life -- that Hashem rules all with
justice, with mercy. Such knowledge leads us to joy.
To be happy, we need true wisdom, true perception, and to
achieve this, we must strive to be good, great, and to please
Hashem. For, "To the person He regards as worthy, He gives
wisdom, knowledge and happiness."
(Sources: Koheles 1:18; Ibn Ezra there; Koheles
2:26)
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