Hakaras HaTov

Sitting at my desk, with a piece of paper and a pen in front of me, pondering about my next writing, “A Day of My Life.” Half an hour later, I knew nothing would come. I knew I could just start writing about “this day” from dawn to dusk—hundreds of brachos a day, davening, and reciting Tehillim in the midst of my busy life. But I want something more, something inspiring, showing how much simcha is involved. Our lives are full of serving HaShem; we do it with love, and it is not a burden.

To get some more inspiration, I went over to my bookcase. My eye caught one of my new books, “It’s All About Change” by Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein ז"ל.

Scanning through the contents, I rested upon “Hakaras HaTov” — gratitude.

The concept of hakaras hatov is well known to most of us. What it really means is the ability to thank HaShem even for the worst moments of our lives…

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