What is the meaning of calling a Jewish festival by the name of Purim, lots, as in lottery?
Happiness is for everyone and Purim implies that only the lucky ones whose lot is drawn are happy.
This can't be correct because even those whose lot isn't drawn can be happy, in fact they are the majority of humanity and it would be a sad state of affairs if only the lucky winner is happy.
Happiness doesn't depend on luck as many people, including our great learned sages seem to think.
Happiness is available for all those who choose it and strive to achieve it.
When I greet you with "Happy Purim" I don't mean that I hope that you are one of the lucky ones to win the lottery or are lucky in some other way, like baing born rich, handsome and wise.
I mean that I wish that you will make the effort to make yourself happy by feeding your mind with thoughts of happiness for the person who is lucky instead of jealousy at his good fortune.
Everyone thinks that the other person is luckier than him and these are most of the people we meet.
So the way to happiness is through those people who we think are luckier than we are. Many people are jealous of the people who seem to be lucky. That jealousy obviously brings unhappiness, so the way to happiness in not to be jealous of those people but to be happy when every time you meet someone who you think is luckier than you instead of being jealous of his good fortune.
Do this and you are guaranteed of happiness because everyone you meet you consider more lucky than you. You will constantly be happy.
If however you meet someone like a sick person or a person without legs who is obviously not as lucky as you let your mind dwell on the scene of that person being healthy and having legs as you have. That will also make you happy but only if you are happy at people you consider luckier than you. Everything depends on that.
Happiness is for everyone and Purim implies that only the lucky ones whose lot is drawn are happy.
This can't be correct because even those whose lot isn't drawn can be happy, in fact they are the majority of humanity and it would be a sad state of affairs if only the lucky winner is happy.
Happiness doesn't depend on luck as many people, including our great learned sages seem to think.
Happiness is available for all those who choose it and strive to achieve it.
When I greet you with "Happy Purim" I don't mean that I hope that you are one of the lucky ones to win the lottery or are lucky in some other way, like baing born rich, handsome and wise.
I mean that I wish that you will make the effort to make yourself happy by feeding your mind with thoughts of happiness for the person who is lucky instead of jealousy at his good fortune.
Everyone thinks that the other person is luckier than him and these are most of the people we meet.
So the way to happiness is through those people who we think are luckier than we are. Many people are jealous of the people who seem to be lucky. That jealousy obviously brings unhappiness, so the way to happiness in not to be jealous of those people but to be happy when every time you meet someone who you think is luckier than you instead of being jealous of his good fortune.
Do this and you are guaranteed of happiness because everyone you meet you consider more lucky than you. You will constantly be happy.
If however you meet someone like a sick person or a person without legs who is obviously not as lucky as you let your mind dwell on the scene of that person being healthy and having legs as you have. That will also make you happy but only if you are happy at people you consider luckier than you. Everything depends on that.
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