Perhaps it was life experiences, or perhaps it's the way my brain was wired; but ever since I was a thinking child, I was always preparing for the worst. If a doctor would tell me 99% of patients undergoing a procedure recover with no side effects, my mind would be saying “I’m that 1% that’s going to have issues”. And can you believe it? I was always right! I was from the freak 1%!
When I started to learn and review the mitzvah of Bitachon, I realized that I was ending up in the 1% because that’s what I expected to happen! I was not trusting my loving Creator that everything will be fine. And once I stopped waiting for the other shoe to drop – it didn’t drop!
Internalizing and living with a Bitachon mindset is not easy. Though I found peace and tranquility while learning and reflecting on Bitachon, the hustle and bustle of daily life often caused me to lose that focus, reacting in ways contrary to Bitachon. I needed something that would quickly reorient me to Who is really running the show and how much He loves me.
So I set out to create for myself a small pocket-size card to keep close by as a quick reminder of just Who exactly I am trusting and why. With the help of Rabbi Moshe Zeldman, Rabbi Yaakov Salomon, and my dear friend Meir Shimshon Blau, we selected each word and pasuk carefully, and my dedicated designer Shoshana Cohen from The Fine Touch craftfully created the card-book. At the time, I had no intention of spreading these cards to anyone beyond my family and friends. Somehow, requests started pouring in from people around the world asking where they can obtain these cards. I appreciate any feedback and ideas you will provide and hope these cards give you that peace of mind that comes with true Bitachon!