Don’t Worry About the Future:
The Steipler Gaon zt”l writes (in Sefer Kreina D’Igresa) about the topic of bitachon: “In truth, there is no reason to worry. The past is over and done with, and one cannot know what the future will bring. Whatever one imagines will happen in the future is mere speculation and it will later be seen that he was wrong. All worry and apprehension do is break and person’s spirit. The things a person worries about eventually get worked out. Instead, one should anticipate goodness because Hashem salvation comes in the blink of an eye.”
He concludes his letter: “I am sure that everything will work out well for you as well and I very much request of you not to worry or fear because worry weakens a person and Chazal say (Sanhedrin 100B) not to be nervous about the future. This is not a ‘gezeiras hakasuv’ (decree that one cannot understand). Rather, the fact is that worry does not help as everything is guided by Hashem for the good.”
