Have you ever noticed while watching Sunday morning cartoons that that every singe character has run straight off of a cliff and remain suspended in mid air until they look down? Of course. everyone knows that once they realize they are no longer on land they fall straight down. Interestingly enough the Urban dictionary understands a cartoon to be "a fake animal with human character traits" mind=blown.
Anyhow, In this week's Parsha/ Torah portion God comes to Moses and says "Hey, I am God and I appeared to Abraham, Issaac and Jacob."
Something very cool you should know about the Torah is that it never wastes a single word, not even a single letter.
So I have a question... Why does Hashem have to list the names of the forefathers, why not just say I spoke to your ancestors?
So I am never one for sports analogies but who does not love a little basketball? So I played basketball back in the day and (while spending ost of the time on the bench) something I have observed Is that a good coach challenges a team and helps them play the game but a great coach works with each person on the team and challenges them on an individual level, showing them where exactly in the game their strengths are needed.
God is the ultimate great coach, pulling moses by the collar of his uniform trying to show him that Each one of the Forefathers (Abraham, Issaac and Jacob) became great in their own individual ways, and he too has the potential of becoming a great, unique leader.
So God doesnt speak directly to us, but he does send us friends, advisors and role models who help us realize our potential and maximize our strengths.
We are all pretty funky people, and know deep down that we have the potential of becoming great. The problem is that somewhat like the Road runner, we have a tendency to second guess ourselves and look down.
We make excuses for ourselves because we are terrified of becoming great (oh which movie is it that says "with greatness comes great responsibility." this one is going to bother me).
God believes in you, in your own ability to achieve greatness which is exactly why you were woken up this morning. If you don't believe me take 2 minutes to sit down and write your strengths, now go on to explore times where you have utilized these strengths and have used them for good things.
It is beyond important to set positive goals for yourself, challenge yourself daily on an individual level.
See, I already knew that you have the power to change the world... Did you?
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