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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Nosson Tzvi Ben Sara Rivka Kashtiya the young boy who almost one year ago was involved in an accident. Please continue to pray for his complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering. May Hashem continue to shower His eternal compassion and love to all of Cholei Ahm Yisrael, b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
Positive thinking and emuna are like two peas in a pod; they work perfectly together. The Tehillim verse (32:10) teaches that the one who trusts in Hashem is enveloped in His kindness. Dovid HaMelech didn’t define the person as being righteous or gifted, but refers to him as the ‘one who trusts.’ In other words, even if we are weak in our spiritual achievements and need to refine our middot we are worthy of Hashem’s kindness by virtue of trusting in Hashem.
From where does one draw the strength to have such potent trust in Hashem even though he feels unworthy? His trust is fortified through positive imagery; envisioning and imagining only good. Think of it as rehearsing your day with positive images. This will result in an optimistic attitude where you are filled with confidence that you will experience only good.
It is important not to get confused between hopefulness and expectation of how we think things should be; that limits positivity to our definition. We are retraining our minds to see the good that is inherently in our reality but currently blocked due to our negative thinking patterns. When we break the pattern of negativity that clouds our vision, automatically the good present will show itself.
‘Think good and it will be good’ is not just a great axiom, it is the dictum that produces reality. A possible Jewish version; ‘Think Hashem and you will see Hashem.’
