When You Fall to the Ground, You Find the Diamond
Daily Chizzuk by Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit"a
THE DAILY CHIZZUK BY MOREINU HARAV ELIEZER BERLAND SHLIT"A
"ONLY WHEN YOU FALL TO THE GROUND DO YOU FIND THE DIAMOND" -- FROM RABBI NACHMAN OF BRESLOV'S STORY OF "THE CRIPPLE"
THURSDAY, 9 SIVAN 5785
These are his holy words:
The murderers robbed him of the chest with the money, and he was a cripple—the poor man—so he fell from the wagon.
His lad fled, the wagon driver fled, so he had to crawl on the ground, and he crawled and crawled.
Each time he tasted grass—so he ate grass and more grass.
Suddenly, he plucked some grass and saw a diamond.
Only when a person is already on the ground, crawling in the dirt... They took his chest with the money. They stole everything from him; they didn't leave him with a single penny.
From every direction he is only exploited and robbed—only then does he find the diamond.
Only then, when one has fallen, will he find the diamond.
They watered it when heaven and earth unite.
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