The Solution
Simchah, a normally joyous figure in the shul, once came into shul looking downtrodden. Something was on his mind, and his friends approached him to alleviate his pain and console him.
Simchah explained the reason for his disappointment. “My grandfather told us that we should drink milk and eat healthy. Why? Because eating these things would allow us to move walls. But today, after years of eating all these healthy foods, when I had to move the wall in my house, I was unable to do it.”
The next day, Simchah’s mood was visibly different. He was upbeat and energized. Clearly, they thought, he’d figured out how to move the wall.
“How’d you do it?” they asked him.
“I drank vodka,” he replied.
“Vodka?” they questioned.
He responded that the vodka made the wall disappear. “Once I drank the vodka, I didn’t see the wall anymore.”
There may be things on our lives which seem like brick walls standing in front of us, but by simcha and joy they won’t bother us. Through this we’ll be upbeat, whatever situation we face.
