Two friends meet each other.
The first asks, “Tell me, when will things finally be good?”
The second answers, “Good? The good times were already!”
The first asks, “Really? When?! When was it good?!”
The second answers, “Back then, when everyone thought things were really bad - it was actually really good!”
Oh, if only it was just a joke 🤦♀️
But that’s what we keep feeling...
These days, everyone is longing for the “good old” happy days which we enjoyed until a few short weeks ago..
And before that, everyone was longing for the “good old” Pre - covid era...
And before that, everyone was longing for the “good old” pre- Gimmel Tammuz days... and the “good old” pre- Chof Zayin Adar days...
No judgement chv! It’s only natural!
It’s normal to be nostalgic for the past, the moment things get worse, and especially when things get a LOT worse...
Once upon a time, it was hard to understand how the Yidden could want to return to the days of their slavery and suffering in Egypt, every time they hit a new danger in the dessert,
But now it makes sense!
Looking back, they missed the days when they actually felt relatively “safe”, and when they could at least count on surviving, and on getting their daily portion of bread and water...
But at the same time, we are stronger than that 💪
If we are going to pray, let’s not waste our power of prayer on asking for the return of the “good old” days - which we actually didn’t experience as all that “great” in real time!
If we are going to “miss”, let’s not be so small - minded to miss the days when we were “slaves in Egypt”, albeit in a lighter form than today.
If we are going to have nostalgia, let’s not have nostalgia for the past, and remember it with rose coloured glasses...
Instead, let’s have nostalgia for the FUTURE!
Because if the Rebbe cried over the Golus in the “best” of days, then those days were not actually the best...
BH, The good times are YET to come!
We are not looking back at Egypt! We have no desire to return there!
We are looking in ONE direction only, and that’s - FORWARD!
Onto the Promised Land - with Moshiach at our lead! 🙏
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