The Passuk says, םָתֹא םָבִּל בַדָנ רֶשֲׁא הָשִּׁאְו שׁיִא לָכּ - וּאיִבֵה ַל הָבָדְנ לֵאָרְשִׂי יֵנְב 'הלה כט, The Shach al HaTorah asks, since the Torah previously said that the Yidden already brought everything, so what was left to be brought, that would be referred to in this Passuk? He answers that there were many Yidden (men and women), who wished that they could bring the entire Mishkan all by themselves, but were unable to. Hashem is: בּ וֹ ֵחן תוֹבִּל judges a person according to what is in his heart, and considers it as if they brought. Here we have an open Passuk in the Torah that says that something happened, even though it seems as if it didn’t really happen.
We see the power of all our good Retzonos, e.g., to improve ourselves, to Shteig, to stop sinning, etc. They aren’t just whims; they are so real as if they actually happened, and the holy Torah has a special Passuk about this happening! So respect your good intentions! They are real and alive; not just: וּליִאְכּ ַﬠ ָשׂאוֹ “as if” he carried them out, but: ַﬠ ָשׂ וֹא ַמ ָמשׁ he “actually” carried them out!
ָהֶאיִבְי וֹבִּל ביִדְנ לֹכּ The generous of heart shall bring it. The Rambam says that your heart and: הָבָשְׁחַמ thought alone can obligate you to bring a Korban, once you have decided to do so in your heart. Again, we see the power of good thoughts. Without any spoken word whatsoever, you can be Chayav to bring a Korban, by just deciding in your heart to bring one. How important is positive thinking, like Bitachon and being Dan L'kaf Zechus. They are Mamash like live Malachim, and bring only good to the world! Many times, I have seen people and situations improve when I appreciated my positive thoughts.
A friend of mine heard about the greatness of the holy day of Purim, when you can accomplish miracles with Tefila. (I personally had a major miracle after one Purim). So his wife got to “work”, and davened all Purim... without any success. She wasn’t Mya'esh and kept it up for 10 years, and suddenly she had Gevaldige Yeshuos and Nisei Nissim!
