PATIENCE: To know that everything that happens to you is for your own good is to have a foretaste of the World to Come. The way to come to this realization is through talking out your heart and confessing your sins before a Torah scholar. Through this you will come to understand that everything that happens to you every day of your life is all for your good. Everything springs from the love God has for you. To be serene and patient regardless of what you encounter in life is the highest level of Da’at, the knowledge and understanding of God. You must have faith that everything is for your ultimate good (4:1, 3, 4).
סַבְלָנוּת
א. כְּשֶׁאָדָם יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁכָּל מְאֹרְעוֹתָיו הֵם לְטוֹבָתוֹ, זֹאת הַבְּחִינָה הוּא מֵעֵין עוֹלָם הַבָּא. וְזֶה זוֹכִין עַל־יְדֵי וִדּוּי דְּבָרִים לִפְנֵי הַתַּלְמִיד חָכָם. וְאָז יִזְכֶּה לֵידַע שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁעוֹבֵר עָלָיו כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו, הַכֹּל לְטוֹבָתוֹ, כִּי הַכֹּל מֵחֲמַת אַהֲבָה שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹהֵב אוֹתוֹ. וְזֶה עִקַּר שְׁלֵמוּת הַדַּעַת שֶׁל הָאָדָם, שֶׁלֹּא יִבְעַט וְלֹא יִתְבַּלְבֵּל מֵהַרְפַּתְקָאוֹת שֶׁעוֹבְרִין עָלָיו, רַק יַאֲמִין שֶׁהַכֹּל לְטוֹבָתוֹ הַנִּצְחִית: (לק"א סי' ד' אות א' ג' ד')
PATIENCE:
To know that everything that happens to you is for your own good is to have a foretaste of the World to Come. The way to come to this realization is through talking out your heart and confessing your sins before a Torah scholar. Through this you will come to understand that everything that happens to you every day of your life is all for your good. Everything springs from the love God has for you. To be serene and patient regardless of what you encounter in life is the highest level of Da’at, the knowledge and understanding of God. You must have faith that everything is for your ultimate good (4:1, 3, 4).