Q&A - Obstacles, Chazarah, Elokai Neshama - Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

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to see how to find the next step, what to do in these circumstances. >> Well, first of all, let me make the Let me make the situation harder. Okay? There's [clears throat] a difference between an obstacle and a test. Not every obstacle is a test. We have a rule, you have the strength to overcome every test. To succeed in every test. The rule that you have the strength to succeed in every test does not imply you have the strength to overcome every obstacle. Because the truth is, use that rule backwards, what logic is called the contrapositive. You have to assess independently, do you have the strength to overcome the obstacle? And if you don't, then it's not a test. So, don't confuse obstacles with tests. Or, if you like, you can rephrase it Or, if you like, you can rephrase it this way, sometimes the test in the obstacle is live with the fact that you can't overcome the obstacle. But many people think that if there's an obstacle in my way, it must be a test, and if it's a test, then I must have I must have the ability to overcome it, or if I don't overcome it, I'm a failure. That logic isn't sound. And if you are a parent, you know this in gold, because there are times that arise, I would say probably for every parent,

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