{"id":386792,"date":"2011-10-25T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a7%d7%98%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94\/dear-failure\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:27:43","slug":"dear-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/386792\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Failure,<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nI\u2019ve been thinking about writing to you for a while because there are things which I feel need to be said.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nDear Failure, you\u2019ve been an on and off companion to me for most of my life and I daresay to the lives of many of my brothers and sisters in Klal Yisrael. I must admit, you are<\/em> very good at your job and I have no doubt your boss, Mr Yetzer Hara, must be very pleased with your performance over the past 2,000 years – I\u2019m sure your bonuses must outstrip every banker\u2019s. However, the time has come for us to part company.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nPlease don\u2019t take offense, but I am going to outline a few of the reasons why our relationship must end.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nMy dear companion, you\u2019ve been merciless. You\u2019ve told us over and over again that we\u2019ve failed Hashem, that, chas v\u2019shalom<\/em>, Hashem doesn\u2019t love us anymore, and that other rivals for His love have assumed our mantel.\u00a0 And, we\u2019ve fallen for it. Yes, it\u2019s true, we have behaved extraordinarily badly and we took Hashem\u2019s love for us for granted and our arrogance continues to make us think we can bend His will to ours.\u00a0 You\u2019ve also made us forget to look at our successes, what we\u2019ve brought to mankind through the Torah in the different countries we\u2019ve been forced to make our temporary homes. And even when we do try so hard to please Hashem, you still manage to make us think we\u2019ve failed, that our teshuva hasn\u2019t been accepted, that there\u2019s no point in trying to serve our Creator because it won\u2019t make any difference. And even through Hashem\u2019s miraculous intervention many of us now live in your Palace, Eretz Yisrael, some of us living according to the Torah and some of us not [yet], you continue to make us forget our true purpose for living there. Your boss has provided many strategies at your disposal and you\u2019ve used them to your full advantage. Our enemies know this, and prey on our spiritual weaknesses. Dear Failure, you\u2019ve made us very ill.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nBut, my dear Failure, I have some rather bad news for you.\u00a0 I heard a rumor, which was subsequently confirmed by the Torah itself – the source of ultimate Truth in the world – that, well I don\u2019t know how to break this to you, you\u2019re soon to be made redundant!\u00a0 And, I\u2019m afraid it gets worse because your boss, Mr. Yetzer Hara is going to be – wait for it – \u201cslaughtered\u201d!\u00a0 I know, I couldn\u2019t believe it either. And you\u2019ll never guess Who will be behind this dramatic occurrence?\u00a0 The Ribbono Shel Olam Himself! It turns out that Hashem is actually your boss Mr Yetzer Hara\u2019s CEO. It appears your boss doesn\u2019t actually have any independence at all \u2013 he\u2019s just a stick in Hashem\u2019s hand, designed to bring us back to Him, because He loves us after all.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nSo I want to give you some advice. Since Mr. Yetzer Hara is going to be slaughtered, it\u2019s unlikely, dear Failure, that you\u2019ll get a severance package.\u00a0 Bearing that in mind, before it\u2019s too late, it might be a good idea to consider a career change.\u00a0 I heard that Mr. Yetzer Hara\u2019s CEO, Hashem Himself, is the CEO of another operation, whose outlook is quite different from yours. It\u2019s been operating forever really but hasn\u2019t taken off in quite the same way that yours has.\u00a0 However, things are soon going to change quite dramatically because this other organization is on the up. It runs according to Success and I think you ought to apply for a position.\u00a0 To be honest, dear Failure, I\u2019m surprised you\u2019ve not had a nervous breakdown with all that doom, gloom and depression you\u2019ve been peddling. Obviously, you haven\u2019t got the experience at the moment but I could suggest some reading material to put you on the right track: Rabbi Arush\u2019s Garden of Emuna<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Garden of Gratitude<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 they\u2019re very positive and once you begin to master the principles contained in them, you\u2019ll find you\u2019ll naturally start thinking in terms of Success. Lots of Hashem\u2019s children have already starting learning emuna and many more are on the way so, dear Failure, time is of the essence \u2013 you don\u2019t want to get left behind.\u00a0 I hear the boss at this other organization, Mr. Yetzer Hatov, is really a very good employer and Hashem Himself thinks very highly of him. Also, this operation is going to run for eternity so the employment package is really the best you could find. \u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nSo it is with NO regret that I say goodbye to you but wish you much Success<\/em> for the future.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nYael<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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