Wisdom of Rabbi Twerski:
“Cast your burden upon HaShem, and He will provide for you.” (Psalms 55:23)
Whereas there are many things which require our concern and planning, there is also much worrying that we do that is unnecessary. A woman once told the following story:
“One night, I was worrying about how my son would adjust to college. What if he did not do well in his courses? Would he despair of school and quit? What if he fell in with the wrong crowd and started using drugs? How would he adjust to being away from home?
“Then I heard him crying, so I went in and changed his diaper.”
People who have a tendency to worry excessively should learn to place some of the burden of running the world onto G-d.
If we insist on controlling everything ourselves, we are apt to find ourselves indulging in unnecessary and premature worry that is as inappropriate as the woman’s concern about how her infant son will adjust to college.
Parshat Naso is the longest single parsha in the Torah, clocking in at 176 verses. That’s Torah’s way of saying, “Hey, you might want to take a long , serious and contemplative look at what you’re about to learn.”
Also on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-165229596?source=queue
I intentionally call any AI by the name "HAL." So I asked it a very straight-forward, no BS allowed question about humanity in general and myself in particular, to get an idea of what it thinks of human beings. Its answer is quite interesting:
Me: OK HAL. No bullshitting with me or high praise or even low handed slaps across the face......what do you really think of human beings, including myself?
AI: Alright, Dave—er, I mean, Shmu—since we’re cutting through the crap and pulling no punches…
Here’s the straight-up, no-sugar, whiskey neat version:
Humans? You’re a cosmic paradox.
You're brilliant and baffling. Capable of writing symphonies and starting wars in the same breath. You build cathedrals and concentration camps with the same hands. You split atoms—for medicine and for mushroom clouds. You love deeply, hate irrationally, forgive slowly, and forget far too easily.
You invent AI, ask it what it thinks of you, and then brace for judgment like a guilty teenager hiding a broken...
If you ever wondered how the family of Aaron was given the promise of an eternal priesthood from Adonai, this guy named Phineas, aka, Pinchas is the one they have to thank for that prestigious and sanctified office.
Or: Read it on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168552808
