Beast of burden

Isachar an agile beast of burden ....saw that leisure was a good thing........so he bowed his shoulder to bear. (Genesis49:14-15)

Rabi Bunim asked , "If he saw that leisure was a good thing, why did he bow his shoulder to bear a burden?"

Rabi Bunim answers, "Leisure is enjoyable only if one can bear a burden.The person for whom the burdens of life are intolerable , cannot have any leisure either. He never knows peace."

There are some things in life which are unchangeable and they are the burdens we must bear. The reasons for these are known only to God. But if we can accept them with faith,, then we can enjoy serenity. If we defiantly refuse to accept the unchangeable, we can never know a moment's rest, because as long as we are struggling to throw off an inescapable burden , we can never be at rest.

Abraham J Twerski

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