Most people judge their lives according to one simple standard:

When things go well, life is good. When things become difficult, something is wrong.

But Torah teaches a very different way of seeing life.

Rabbi Shmuel Birnbaum (1920-2008) taught that you must train yourself to see that everything Hashem (G-d) does is for your benefit and with kindness.

This does not mean life is always easy.

There are frustrations. There are disappointments. There are moments when nothing is going according to plan.

The challenge is not for you to deny your difficulties but for you to learn to see through them.

If you truly........

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