The Passuk says וְנָתַתָּה מֵהוֹדְךָ עָלָיו. When Moshe appointed Yehoshua to become the leader of Klal Yisroel, he gave over his beautiful shine. And indeed, Moshe was like the sun, and Yehoshua like the moon. These are the two main celestial bodies, who give light and warmth to the world. In Sefer Yehoshua there is a story about Yehoshua stopping the sun. The Tzadik who is compared to the sun, has a power over the physical sun.
And Yehoshua said: שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּבִאוֹן דּוֹם Sun, be quiet! He told the sun to be silent since the sun can only move when it sings to Hashem. The word: הוֹד "Hod" is related to Hoda'ah; you have a beautiful shine when you are thankful. Take a look at Sefer Chovos Halvavos and you’ll see that the entire Avodas Hashem is nothing more than an expression of thankfulness to Hashem.
The entire essence of a Tzadik is his level of thankfulness. The Passuk: וְנָתַתָּה מֵהוֹדְךָ עָלָיו Give from your ‘Hod’ can be interpreted ‘Give from your thankfulness’, which means your very self and your true shining beauty. Just like the sun can’t move without singing and thanking, so is a human. He goes nowhere when he’s involved in kvetching. He’s just looking for more trouble when he complains.
Many people are stuck in their issues and things don’t move. I’ve told many people to even stop davening for a certain period of time, and instead they should thank, or have Bitachon, which is a form of thankfulness (and the best form of Hoda'ah. Sefer Ha'Ikarim).
There are many miraculous stories. The greatness of a person is his level of Hoda'ah. Notice how the Melech, Dovid, who was the #1 person, was also #1 in always singing and thanking Hashem. And the Chazan (who is the leader) says Modim, which is total thankfulness, while the congregation says Modim D'rabanan, which is ½ thanking and ½ asking for more. The shine of a person depends on how much he is involved in thankfulness.
He even gives thanks for his depressions and his ailments and his pecklach. Thanking type of people light up the whole world like the sun. The thankful person shines with the good and happy feelings of thankfulness and being high and great and overcoming his difficulties. A kosher animal keeps chewing, and the Gr’a says that when you keep chewing it’s a sign of being a Sameach B'chelko since you focus on what you have instead of always fressing new stuff.
The Sameach B'chelko is proud of being Sameach B'chelko, which means “thankful with what I have” instead of always envying what others have. Sameach B'chelko makes you great, and you deserve horns on top of your head. You are a Rosh (head) and not a Zanav (tail). This is the mistake of Korach who wanted what wasn’t due him, and he ended up down under the ground. This symbolizes lowliness and dissatisfaction with what Hashem gave you.
It’s worth spending a lifetime getting carried away with admiration for all those beautiful Maalos that Hashem gave you. PS. Make sure you’re Davka getting carried away! Then you are truly great and happy and high. It’s tricky. Those who want to Shteig should realize that being overly involved in Hoda'ah over what you already have is true greatness.
The Treife animal isn’t Sameach B'chelko, and therefore he isn’t great and he doesn’t deserve horns! You will notice that if you spend a long time thanking and then look in the mirror, you’ll see that your face is shining with Simcha. When you are Osek in Bitachon, the same thing happens. You throw away those constantly recurring worries, and you become full of Menucha, Simcha, and Romemus.
