Reb Zusha was on his death bed, and tears were
streaming down his face. “Why are you crying?” asked his disciples. “If
God asks me why I wasn’t like Moses or Maimonides,” answered Reb Zusha,
“I’ll say, I wasn’t blessed with that kind of leadership ability and
wisdom.” But I’m afraid of another question,” continued Reb Zusha,
“what if God asks, Reb Zusha, why weren’t you like Reb Zusha? Why
didn’t you find your inner being and realize your inner potential? Why
didn’t you find yourself? That is why I am crying.”
I am not a man who, unlike my rabbis and teachers growing up, conveys ideas through ancestral anecdotes. But I just read one of the more inspiring blog posts I have read in a long time. Shabbat Shalom.
