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I had a blowout (busted tire syndrome) yesterday, second time in three months. Stuck in yehupitz (east of hotzen plotz) for over five hours. Again chaverim to the rescue, a very daunting task. So the question to you, esteemed friends of the CR is, what message is HaShem trying to send. Does a tire blowout mean anything specific. (it does have to do with ruach – ruchnios, or maybe ruchos)
And isn’t there a law somewhere that things like this don’t strike twice?!
I believe Hashem often “wastes” the time of those He feels aren’t using it well.
A wheel is like our life. It seems to turn around in its place, but it gets you further. Every day is basically similar to the one before it, but it is supposed to get you further. In stead of a shake up in the routine of real day-to-day life, you had it in this example.
Was this tire from the new ones?
Are you sure you want everyone (else) to be “mifashfesh”(?) in your maasim?
It’s personal,and not everything is necessarily an onesh ; sometimes it’s just a new-and-improved test for our midos.
Personally, whenever I “save time” davening-wise, I inevitably lose that time elsewhere in my day.But that’s just me, not saying it applies to anyone else.
eclipse – Just to clarify, I was commenting on the concept, not the poster. Also, I have that same phenomenon. When I am sleep deprived and manage to go to sleep early (for catch-up sake) I almost always get woken up during the night and nothing was gained.
Stuck in yehupitz (east of hotzen plotz) for over five hours
Isn’t that some sort of potato kugel with meat in it? Sounds good. But I usually am full after only like 3 hours of eating.
There are two messages: check your tire pressure regularly, and get a different brand of tires.
Syag, and Haleivi: I posted BEFORE seeing either one of your posts!It’s hard to control “post placement” on this site as you know! I actually like what you both said. Syag, we said similar things, and Haleivi, your words should be a “quotable quote”: A wheel is like our life. It seems to turn around in its place, but it gets you further. Every day is basically similar to the one before it, but it is supposed to get you further.It’s great!
Popa and yehudayona,great humor to balance things out:)
Oh Shreck;I always tell people I’d rather have the uncomfortable feeling of knowing I must improve in something, than the content self-satisfaction that PREVENTS teshuvah.
yehudayona: I just realized you weren’t kidding! How did I read “blood pressure” there I will never know:)
Thanks. It’s nice to have thought go somewhere, although I try to keep in mind that a thought out response does not go unread, with or without feedback.
you should get your car mezuzah checked.
Toi
– cars don’t have mezuzahs
you are lucky it was the back
you know when someone comes and kills a good joke?
One message could be, “learn how to change a tire”.
I would argue that one should not try to read into events as signs. You may imagine that this happened because of something you did which you are not sure if it was right or not, and you will interpret this bad thing as a sign. However the morality of your actions should always be weighed by logic according to the Torah, and to interpret signs could be considered supersticious.
1) Be extra careful in your driving and car maintenance.
2) Consider donating to Chaverim and also helping people you see on the roads in need of help, as a means of increasing shalom and passing on the kindness.
3) Don’t take things like your car and the kindness of others for granted.
Oh Shreck: I would highly doubt that the Rambam said something like that as the Rambam says that that level of direct Hashgachah Pratis is reserved for only the highest of Tzadikim.
Now, there are many other legitimate opinions who hold of an individual Hashgachah Pratis for all Jews, but it certainly wasn’t the Rambam.
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