Coming to Eretz Yisroel is loaded with unending goodness; taking over homes and cities and vineyards and all kinds of loads of goodness that we didn’t have to produce. The Canaanim did the work, and we just moved in since it was all ready-made for us. This is a major danger; i.e., when everything is spoon-fed to you and you are loaded with אֶּרֶּץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְׁ בָש a land flowing with milk and honey. You lose that “broken soul” side of you, which brings you closer to Hashem.
Look how the Torah has to warn: וְׁרָם לְׁבָבֶּךָ וְׁשָכַחְׁתָ אֶּת ה' עקב ח יד you may become a Baal Ga'ava, and forget Hashem. Moshe Rabeinu was: כְׁבַד פֶּה וּכְׁבַד לָשוֹן וַעֲרַל שְׁפָתָיִם handicapped in the area of his mouth, tongue, and lips, 3 different major Chesronos in speech. Punkt in the area that every leader must have! Such a person is broken, and he relies on Hashem more and more. I once had a talk with R' Yehuda Jacobs Zatzal about how when people are learning Shaar HaBitachon, that’s a sign that something in that person’s life is not going well.
- You feel like a nebach!
- You’re full of anxiety
- You had bad relationships back home
- You’re lacking in Kishronos (ability)
- or you have “rough edges” in your personality
- You are weak physically or mentally
- You’re suffering with your Parsha of Shalom Bayis
- or aggravation from your kids
- You have a mental block in your learning
- You’re too quiet and depressive.
- You have no friends
- People aren’t Machshiv you
- You aren’t so Ehrlich or honest or Oisgehalten (trustworthy) in your business dealings
- Your family wants you out
- You’re that black sheep
- You’re forgetful
- You aren’t M’sudar
- You have a bad reputation
- You have an issue with Ka'as or Ta'ava or jealousy
- You eat too much
- You aren’t “one of the boys”
- You’re too frum or too rigid or too modern
- You’re in the wrong community
- Your physical appearance makes you self-conscious
- You have no self-esteem
- You never really became what you could have become and all kinds of difficulties
Believe it or not, these are examples of leadership qualities, since they bring you close to Hashem. Look at Moshe, Yosef, and Dovid; all were away from home because they got into trouble.
