So many of us have many negative Shtempel’s that we have given ourselves way back, and we act according to what we think of ourselves. Keep giving yourself more and more positive Shtempel's, and you’ll Shteig much more. Call yourself a Mutzlach, a Talmid Chochom, an Adam Gadol, Pe’er HaMishpacha, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Lev Tov, Pike'ach (perceptive), etc. You’d be surprised how they actually affect you.
Eliezer is called: ז קַ ןְּב יתוְֹּהַ מּש לְּב כָׂלְּאֲ ש רְּלוְְֹּּכדְּבְּ “Senior of the household, in command of his entire fortune”. Look what respect Avraham Avinu gives his Eved (slave) (and: הַ מּש ל “in command” surely means in Ruchaniyus as well; i.e., Eliezer was completely in control of his Yetzer Hara. Medrash).
Chazal say that in the end, Eliezer turned from an: אָׂ רוּרְּ (cursed) into a בָׂ רוּךְ (blessed) because of his tremendous Avodas Hashem and his conquering his bad Retzonos. Avraham Avinu is used to changing people; he used to be “Avram” and he became Avraham. This is his line; creating new people and making them grow, like it says: ו א תְּ הַ נ פ שְּ אֲ ש רְּ עָׂ שוְּּ ב חָׂ רָׂ ןְְּּיבְּה the souls he “created” in Charan; as if he created them Mamash.
The Mitzva of Bris Mila was apparently for Avraham Avinu, who was taught by Hashem that the human being has an: מָׂ קוֹםְּהִּ נִּ יחוְּּלוְְֹּּמִּ ןְְּּהַ שָׂ מַ יִּםְְּּל הִּ ת גַד ר חולין ז א opportunity from Shamayim to accomplish; as if: כ ב יָׂכוֹל the human: נִּ ב רָׂ א (creation of Hashem) is incomplete, until he corrects the situation with a Bris Mila. וַת חַ ס ר הוְּּמּ עַ טְּמ אֱ לקִּ יםְְּּתהליםְּחְּו Man is “right under” Hashem. An Adam is Gevaldig!
After Realizing Your Greatness, You Can Embark on Your Mission for Klal Yisroel
By Moshe Rabeinu it says: וַיִּ ג דַ לְּמש הְּוַי צ אְּא לְּ א חָׂ יוְּוַיַר אְּב סִּ ב לתָׂ םְְּּבְּיא Moshe became big, and he went out to his brothers to see their suffering. Rashi says that: וַיִּ ג דַ ל (became big) means he got a high position in Paroh’s palace, and right afterwards he started his career of: וַי צ אְּא לְּא חָׂ יו caring for Klal Yisroel. And by Eliezer, it first says: ז קַ ןְּב יתוְֹּהַ מּש לְּב כָׂלְְּּ אֲ ש רְּ לוְְֹּּכדְּ ב “senior of his household, in command of his entire fortune”, and right afterwards he was given the noble task of creating the future of Klal Yisroel, by getting a Shidduch for Yitzchok.
And subsequently he changed from: an: אָׂ רוּר (cursed) into a בָׂ רוּךְ (blessed) since he went against his Tevah by going all- out to get Rivka instead of his own daughter. Yosef HaTzaddik said: א ינ נוְּּגָׂדוֹלְּבְַּבַ יִּתְּ הַ ז הְּמִּ מּ נִּ יְְּּוישבְּלטְּט I am the greatest person around here, and right afterwards he was Zoche to withstand the awesome and great Nisayon, not to be Nichshal with the wife of Potiphar. If others don’t make you great, then make yourself great by giving yourself a positive Shtempel.
“I’m the biggest around here”. First, Hashem said: ב נִּ יְּ ב כֹּ רִּ יְּ יִּש רָׂ א לְְּּשמותְּ דְּ כב My Yiddishe children are princes (Rashi), and right afterwards it says: יָׂצ אוְּּכָׂלְּצִּ ב אוֹתְְּּ'ְְּּהבאְּיבְּמא the soldiers of Hashem left Mitzrayim, ready to fight the Yetzer Hara. This is how Shaul lost his Malchus. הֲ לוֹאְּאִּ םְּקָׂ טֹּ ןְּאַ תָׂ הְּב ע ינ יךְָּר ֹּאשְּשִּ ב ט יְְּּ יִּש רָׂ א לְּאָׂ תָׂ הְְּּש"אְּטוְּיז Don’t forget that you are a great person! Always consider yourself a Gadol, a Chashuv, a Tzaddik, capable, and superior to others. Similarly, the Chachomim pulled out Yossi, the son of Rabbi Elozor ben Rabbi Shimon from a: וּשקְּ ש ְּלְּ זוֹנוֹתְּ (inappropriate place), giving him a high Shtempel (Semicha) even while he was still in the mud, and he became a Gadol B’yisroel. (Gemara).
