Mistakes

"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."

"Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not."

Carl Jung

"Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made."

"It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes."

It was a REALLY bad mistake. The Jews participated in Achashveirosh's party. According to one opinion in the gemara, this is why there was a terrible decree to annihilate the Jewish people. We were punished for our mistake. But what happened at that very party? Vashti was deposed making the way for Esther to become queen. Ultimately, this brought about our salvation. So the very party that was the cause of our downfall was also the source of our salvation! What happened in between?

TESHUVAH! When we return to Hashem we can fix EVERYTHING!!

[Based on the Sfas Emes]

Love, Blessings and a FREILICHIN PURIM to all of my sweetest friends who are even sweeter on Purim!:):)