אֶעְבְּרָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶת הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה: (ג כה)
"And I beg to enter Eretz Yisrael and shall see the good land". Why did Moshe have to emphasize “the good land” and not simply the land? The answer may be, that we see two people can look at the exact same reality—the same country, same person, and one will see the blessings and the good in them while the other only sees flaws. We already saw this tragedy with the Meraglim, who went to the exact same Promised Land and saw a "land that consumes its inhabitants," while Yehoshua and Calev saw a land that was "very, very good."
Moshe Rabbeinu was praying for clarity of vision. He was asking Hashem: "If I enter this land, filter my eyes. Do not let me be blinded by the physical challenges, the complaints of the people, or the hardships of settling the land. Let me see only the inherent, divine goodness of Eretz Yisrael." The Kotzker Rebbe applies this universally: A person must constantly pray for the spiritual merit to have a "good eye" עין טובה. It requires prayer and internal refining to look at a disorderly world, or a flawed person standing in front of us, and actively choose to perceive only the spark of good within them. Dovid Hamelech relates in Tehilim 128:5 וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ to see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Always look for the good part in everything!
