BS’D
Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Michal bas Fraida. May Hashem shower her with a complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
When a person finds himself in financial debt it is certainly a difficult test. Our minds tend to be occupied with thoughts and ways to somehow, someway free ourselves of it. However we cannot stop functioning as a result of these concerns. The healthiest and most responsible approach is to allot some time maybe once, twice, or three times a week to constructively come up with plans to manage and solve their payment. More than that is simply wasted energy.
Allowing our thoughts to be held captive by negative emotions and feeling as though we are a failure serves no benefit. In fact all negativity robs us of mental clarity and health. Being let down by our wishes causes fear, sadness and a black cloud to hover over our heads and dampen our reality even when it is sunny on so many other levels. How many things in life are lost because we cannot bring ourselves to truly celebrate and smile over them since our mind and heart are cluttered with images of the worse-case scenario?
Look back and remember how you have survived until now with the ‘little’ that you have. Who has paid the bills until now… the tuition… filled your refrigerator? Maybe we have not been provided for the way we would have chosen, however we have managed until now. Viewing what we have with emuna and gratitude brings more ‘wealth’; not necessarily in the form of concrete possessions, but by granting us ‘satisfied eyes’ and a ‘full heart’ that experiences Hashem’s constant blessings.
