The Journey

"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

In numerous places the Torah is called "DERECH" - a path [for example "vi'hodata lahem es haderech yeilchu bah"]. All too often we are focused on the destination but forget about the path. We ask ourselves "What have I accomplished?" "When am I finishing the masechta?" "When will I become a tzaddik?" etc. etc. focusing on the final goal. We forget about the PATH, the JOURNEY. That might be why the written Torah never explicity discusses the next world [the oral Torah talks about the next world in many places]. We must focus on the journey and the final destination will be determined by the Holy One.

PS - Please keep davening for Rivka Bas Yael.