Pesach revolves around recognizing the good in our lives
It’s not our fault really: Hashem wired us for negativity. The brain is set up like a scanner whose goal is to identify what is wrong so that we can fix it. When we are satiated we tend to ignore the condition. When we’re hungry however all the bells and whistles go off driving us to raid the cupboards. When we’re happy with a state of affairs we barely notice (how happy were you this morning with the oxygen you found in the air?). But when we’re not — zoom! We’re on to it giving it all the attention it deserves. This involves not only identifying the issue but also examining it from every angle exploring it consulting on it and doing whatever else we need to do.
In real life it happens like this: Everything is moving along normally in our day when we suddenly get a telephone call letting us know that our child has been sent home from school for behaving in an extremely unacceptable manner. The principal wants to organize a meeting about the matter. Now everything revolves around this current issue its implications the feelings it generates the challenges it presents. Does the sun happen to be shining while all this is going on? Who can even notice?
But if we can’t even notice it how on earth are we going to feel grateful for it?
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