Your soul was waiting, hankering, chomping at the bit.
The length of the wait was of no import -- there aren’t any calendars in “Eternity.” It was all about the depth of the anticipation.
Finally, FINALLY, your soul got the green light for the ultimate challenge, the ‘Iron Man Competition’ of the ages.
Your soul got a body and embarked on the journey of Human Existence.
Why was your soul so excited?
Why did it long for the pain, the suffering, and the inevitable tears?
Because there’s so much to be gained.
Your soul knew you’d be afflicted with a wide assortment of struggles, internal and external. But it also knew full well that every time you rose to the occasion, every time you transcended a self-indulgent bad mood, every time you consciously guided your life in a meaningful direction, every time you crossed the boundary from self-centeredness to responsibility, every time you saw an otherwise mundane moment as a beautiful opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon – you would be creating Cosmic Harmony.
Your soul’s deepest desire was to melt into the Infinite Oneness of the Great Divine, and – FINALLY - your soul’s ticket was punched. The moment arrived.
You were born
Your soul knew that the payoff for your personal victories would be greater intimacy with G‑d and greater Oneness between G-d and the world.
That’s why it waited so longingly.
So here you are -- in the game -- in a life of blessing and bother, purity and pain, success and struggle.
All in all, a life of opportunities.
Compete like your soul is counting on it.