There's
a young man, let's call him Alex, who is learning how to decipher G-d's
messages, and who is acting on what G-d is trying to tell him.
Recently, Alex and his wife went out and bought a new car, which was a
big purchase for them. They agreed that Alex would use the car one day a
week, and that his wife would have it the rest of the time. Alex could
do most of what he needed to do very easily traveling by bus and train,
but his wife was with the kids, or going shopping, and having the car
would make a huge difference to how quickly and easily she could
complete her chores.
Thursday
was meant to be Alex's car day, but it started to happen that every
single Thursday, his wife was asking him if she could have the car
instead. The first week, no problem. By the second week already, Alex is
starting to feel uncomfortable: she's asking him for the car again, but
she's a reasonable person, and she knows Thursday is his car day.
What's going on here? He tries to talk to his wife about it, and she
offers to take him wherever he wants on Thursday, to drop him off and
pick him up. But she still needs the car… Alex is finding it hard to
agree. After all those years of no car, and now his one day to drive
himself around, wherever he wants, without having to worry about anyone
else's schedule or timetable. The freedom of the open road… Before they
know it, this couple is having fights every single week about the car.
In
the old days, this could have got very complicated, very quickly. Alex
would be feeling very disgruntled about how unfair the whole situation
is, but now, he goes to speak to G-d about it instead. "G-d, please let
me understand what's going on here. I've read the Garden of Peace, and
I'm remembering now that the world is a mirror,
and that everything is a message from You. What are You trying to tell
me through my wife? I know that she's the speaker system that's
amplifying the message that you want me to get. What it is?" Continue here...
With Blessings,
Dr. Zev Ballen
