Truthfully speaking, is there anyone on this world that knows everything? No one, is the probable answer most people would give. Then it should not be so difficult for us to say, “I don’t know”. We know for sure that we are not the only one’s who don’t know everything! Yet we have difficulty saying these words. What gets in our way? Our EGO. Would be a good idea to come to terms that there is such a phenomena as, not knowing. One of our great Talmudic sages advised, “learn to say, I don’t know”. As hard as it may be for us to acknowledge this fact, knowledge of this reality is a key to tranquility. Knowing that “I Don’t Know” allows us to let go and to stop blaming and beating up on ourselves during times of hardship, which we encounter in life.
Let’s take it one step further. Just like we don’t know every nuance about everything that is going on around us, so also we don’t know all of Hashem’s ways. Why He does and does not do certain things, is beyond our understanding. This should be easy to comprehend, unless our EGO gets in the way and Heaven forbid causes us to start questioning Hashem’s ways, as if we were entitled to know His reasoning. We need to face reality, that just as our senses are limited so to is our brain power limited. The prerequisite before trying to know, is to know, that we can’t know everything. Taking this enlightenment into account, it is now easier to live with ourselves on a daily basis, to more readily rely on Hashem.
כי לא מחשבותי מחשבותיכם, ולא דרככם דרכי, נאם ה’
We don’t think along the same lines, Hashem says. You don’t think like I think and your ways are not My ways.
Whats important to know, to get through life with stability is,
כי כל דרכיו משפט, קל אמונה ואין עול, צדיק וישר הוא
That Hashem is trustworthy,
He makes no mistakes at all, His ways are righteous, perfect and just.
