Guidance Earned

It is the nature of people to appreciate and prefer what they earned more than something they received for free, which is called “bread of shame”. G-d wants us to enjoy working from below to connect with Him. Don’t wait for inspiration to come for free from Above. Work hard on your own to connect to G-d, and then He will give you inspiration – that you have earned.

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Eikev 5751 (1991))