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"Trust in HaShem with all your heart That which is under your control you can understand and direct. What is in your power, you can control. Yet, of all the things in the world what really is truly and fully in our power? We cannot control when we are born; for the most part, we cannot control when we die. We cannot control what happens to us on a daily basis. We cannot control circumstances in our lives. We cannot control who we meet and when. We cannot control what others might say to us or about us. We cannot control the moment. We may or may not be in the wrong place at the wrong time or in the right place in the right time. While we may be able to extend some influence over all these matters, nonetheless, we cannot control them; we cannot dictate or direct everything that happens to us or around us. Try as we do to create our world in our own image we are forever doomed to fail. Only the creator of a thing can control a thing. Being that we have not created our world, the world is not under our control. Being that we ourselves are created beings, we are under the control of Another. This is the greatest proof for the existence of the Higher Hand. For life is far too strange, daily events are far too bizarre and haphazard to merely be by chance. One with eyes and certainly one with a living heart sees clearly that life is a mystery and is subject to a Force unseen by our eyes. We cannot control what happens to us. At any given moment, we can become victims of any type of random event. Be it for our betterment or harm things befall us without warning, at any time and in any place. We can call some harmful occurrences accidents; we can call some beneficial occurrences good fortune, luck or fate. Yet, life is not a gambling game. Occurrences, be they for good or bad are not haphazard; life is not a roulette wheel with you being the ball spinning around and around each time falling by chance into a different slot. How poor and unfortunate it is that there are those foolish individuals who see their lives happening around them with such a perceived anarchy. It is no wonder why such souls live with such high anxiety and stress. Without a solid foundation upon which to stand, they go through life spinning around and around, never knowing the peace of stillness and the calm of silence. What a shame that some people allow themselves to lose sight of the true anchor that supports good living. When we look out upon our lives there is so little under our control. We can understand that which we control. We cannot understand that which is not under our control. Life and living is under the control of Heaven. It is HaShem the Creator who directs His creation. The Creator understands. The Creator knows. We all are but clay in the Almighty Hand. We are all molded and formed; we are all being directed from Above. This is the truth of things. Believe it or not; like it or not; it does not matter. We are not in control of life. The Author of Life is in control of us. Knowing the Creator, one can come to understand the creation. Although our human minds are incapable of understanding everything in creation, we can understand one vital thing. We must surrender ourselves and how we behave to the Higher Hand that controls us whether or not we like it or believe it. One who says in their hearts, I surrender to my Creator and I ask that I be formed by the Higher Hand into the best form I can become; this one lives in surety; this one lives with blessing. The Creator pays special attention to the willing and pliant clay in His Hand. For the pliant are the ones most willing and easy to mold. Therefore, they receive first attention and receive the most creative forms. There is much the Creator can do with pliant clay. When we allow our Creator to form us as the Divine Hand knows best; we will be surprised by the beauty of the Divine creation. We will look at ourselves will amazement seeing that which HaShem has made us. We cannot control it, but we can certainly help it along. Trust means surrender and cooperation. How many of us can say we do this?
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