Never be embarrased of your Yisurim

A powerful thought from Rabbi Eli Sorotzkin, you should not be embarrased about your Yisurim.  Just the opposite, if you are mekabkel them B'ahavah, you should be proud.

Spiritual Goals

Heard at the Tiferes Baruch Dinner from Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Sorotzkin

One of the most important goals a person can have is to never be satisfied with his spiritual growth. Every day we should look to see where we can grow spiritually and we should never think that what we have acomplised yesterday is enough. If we are never satisfied with our spiritual achievements we will find that we can grow much more then we thought that we could.

The interesting thing about this idea is that it is the flip side of what Rabbi Berkowitz said about the physical would (that we should work on ourselves not to need anything and to be satisfied with less). Seeing both sides makes a beautiful organic whole picture.