SimchaMinute: Obstacles are opportunities

It’s such an urgent principle that our lives are devoted for the purpose of la’asois, of making something out of ourselves, that Hakodosh Boruch Hu has found it necessary to create obstacles in order to give us opportunities to overcome the obstacles.

That’s our reward — “Lefum tzaroh agro” (Avos) — according to the difficulty involved, so great is the reward accordingly. — Seven Names of the Yetzer Hara (#E-110)