A Short Message From Rabbi Fischel Schachter

As it was heavily raining one day and I only had an umbrella that was half-collapsing I came across my friend on the street. He was carrying a wide and sturdy umbrella that put mine to shame. Then the wind began to blow and made my situation even worse by turning my umbrella inside out. Struggling to hold my umbrella down, I was losing the battle. But then I realized that if turn around and face the wind, it will actually push the umbrella back into shape. And indeed that was what happened.

It then hit me that the same is true in life. Instead of trying to change the winds blowing in our lives, we would be wiser to position ourselves in such a way that they actually help us.