The Trust Factor
A daily lesson that focuses on achieving unparalleled success in life using ancient wisdom in modern times.
We will be discussing critical concepts as they are laid out in the book Sha'ar Habitachon - The Gate of Trust. Written 1000 years ago, the author reminds us of the values and wisdom that have allowed humanity to thrive throughout history.
The concept of trusting in a higher power that exists purely for our benefit, puts us in the drivers seat with absolute confidence to achieve greatness.
Eliminate: Fear, Hatred, Anxiety, Depression, Jealousy, Greed...forever!
* Note that some terminology will be in the original Hebrew or Aramaic which I will always follow with the English translation.
The Trust Factor
Episode 33 - Politics, Puppets, and the Divine Plan - Election Recap
How do you respond when election results leave you feeling powerless, frustrated, or even fearful about the future? The recent Canadian elections have left many citizens grappling with difficult emotions and uncertainty about what comes next.
This special post-election episode of The Trust Factor tackles the spiritual challenge of political disappointment head-on. Drawing from timeless wisdom, we explore how the electoral outcome tests our faith in divine providence and reveals our personal vulnerabilities. While we might feel angered by leadership decisions that seem harmful—whether it's immigration policies that affect community safety or economic approaches that damage prosperity—there's a profound perspective that can transform how we process these emotions.
The remarkable truth is that while ordinary citizens have free choice in most areas of life, national leaders operate differently. They function as "puppets in God's hands," meaning the Creator who loves humanity and designed this world for our flourishing is orchestrating leadership at the highest levels. This doesn't mean we should be politically passive or accept harmful policies without response. Rather, it shifts our focus to what truly matters: our personal choices and responses. You retain complete control over how you protect your family, engage with your community, and shape your future despite political circumstances. The wisdom reveals itself perfectly—"It is not upon you to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it."
Take a breath. The world isn't ending. You still have tremendous power to make a difference through thoughtful, deliberate action rather than emotional reaction. Make your plan, help yourself first, and divine assistance will follow. Have you considered how you'll respond to political disappointment with both faith and personal agency? Share your thoughts and join our community of believers navigating these challenging times together.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Trust Factor special post-election edition. We just wrapped up Canadian elections for our next leader and the result is a continuation of the last 10 years and probably an escalation or a worsening of the situation. This is not a podcast that's designed to influence politically, but there is probably no better example or illustration that we can make with regards to having trust and faith in our creator than when it comes to an election that directly affects all Canadians, including Jewish Canadians. So what's the lesson? What can we take out of what just happened over here? And there is so much to unpack. I don't want to get into the details of what he's going to do and what he's not going to do, but suffice it to say that we're talking about an individual who is part of the woke, elite progressive liberal party, the same party that, for the last 10 years, across Europe and Canada, have worked hard, diligently, to import masses of people from culturally poor places in the world, from destitute countries, from places like Gaza, where Canada has imported thousands and Europe has imported thousands and Europe has imported thousands. We bring them here with our open hearts, but the reality is they end up being the very people who are on the street protesting everything to do with Israel and supporting prescribed terror organizations. These are people who dress up like the very terrorists that they live among, and they do it in our streets, in front of our synagogue, in our Jewish neighborhoods. They do it all over, wherever the Jews are. They do it while they're dressed up with their faces covered and their green headbands, trying to look like they're heroes, and this is the government that brings them in and gives them a police escort. Okay, this is exactly who was just reelected to be able to run at least the next four years in Canada. This is the same individual who, by the way, also was responsible for economic collapse in Europe when he was in charge of the central bank, and he has been in charge of central banks in Canada and the number one economic advisor to Justin Trudeau, and we all know where the economy is right now. If you're in business, you know about it better than anybody else. Everything has come to a grinding halt. This is the same individual who was championing the carbon tax for so long and said that if we get rid of the carbon tax, we're going to kill off humanity, and then suddenly, because it determined the outcome of his becoming the prime minister of Canada. Suddenly it was okay to get rid of it. I can assure you that the carbon tax and many others will come in the same or different forms. That's enough talk about what's going to come. The question now becomes what are you going to do about it? How is it affecting you emotionally? Because here's the reality, and we've talked about this in the past many times Everybody has their point of weakness.
Speaker 1:Everybody has an aspect of life that challenges them at their core, that the yetzahara, the evil inclination, has dominion over them. And for everybody it's different. Somebody it might be kosher food, for some people it might be keeping Shabbat, for other people it might be the concept of prayer. For me and for many other Canadians it's politics and the fact that we can see with our own two eyes that we have the most corrupt individuals on planet Earth running our country and making corrupt decisions that negatively affect all of us. And we see the corruption. They don't even try and hide it anymore and yet somehow they're corrupt. They still maintain power. There's nothing more frustrating. But that's our weakness, that's our shortcoming.
Speaker 1:We have to address that, the same way that we address the fact that we don't work on Saturday. God says you don't work on Saturday, you rest. Six days you work, and on the seventh day you rest. When comes Shabbat, I don't worry, I don't think. Oh my God, I need to be in my office. If I'm not in my office, I'm not going to make a living and I'm not going to have food to eat, and so on and so forth.
Speaker 1:The same approach that I take to keeping kosher or observing Shabbat or any of the other commandments, I should be able to apply when it comes to politics. There's no difference, because God runs the world. In fact, let me tell you something even better than that. The Torah tells us that, when it comes to common folk like you and I, we have control over almost nothing. Almost nothing where you were born, who your parents are, who your children are, who you're going to marry, how much money you have, how tall you are, whatever it is All of these things have been predetermined for you. Outcome is known already. The creator of the world, he who created everything and controls everything, knows the past, present, in the future.
Speaker 1:For him, this is a movie that's being played on repeat for us. We're part of the show, we're part of the program. We are the actors. We don't know what's, even in the next scene. We don't have the script. We're creating it as we go. So for us it's fresh and it's new. We don't know what's even in the next scene. We don't have the script. We're creating it as we go. So for us it's fresh and it's new. We don't know how we're going to choose and what challenges we're going to be faced with.
Speaker 1:He does Now. At the end of the day, he says the only thing I give you is the ability to choose Choose good, choose bad, choose left, choose right. You get to choose. The only thing you control is your decision or your choices. Other than that, you control nothing. Get used to it.
Speaker 1:The reality, when it comes to leaders of the free world, to leaders of countries who make decisions for populations, the Torah tells us that even that free choice to choose good or bad, right or wrong is not in their hands. They are entirely and completely puppets in God's hand. That means Trudeau, that means Carney and, yes, even the all-powerful and the bombastic Donald Trump with all of his power. He is nothing but a simple puppet in the hands of God, which means it's the same God who loves us. It's the same God who created this entire world for us to thrive and to benefit and succeed in. It's the same God who wants to see us happy and sets up the situation for us to be able to succeed. He is the one who decided who's going to run Canada. He's the one who decided who's going to run the US and he decides every decision that they make.
Speaker 1:So, at the end of the day, am I going to worry about it? Am I going to lose sleep about it? Am I going to think that this is the worst thing in the world? On the contrary, we know it's the best thing in the world that this guy gets elected and runs Canada. Now hang on a second. I'm a Jew living in Canada and these guys, these people, this Mark Carney is going to continue to import, these people who don't value human life the way we do and who will not assimilate into our Canadian culture. They will bring their corrupt culture with them and they will join the pro-Palestinian protests in the street, the pro-Hamas protests in the street, in Jewish communities, in order to strike fear and terror into Jewish communities.
Speaker 1:And I live here. So what are you telling me? That this is good. How are you saying this is the best thing that can happen? That's a different story, my friends.
Speaker 1:Now it comes to you. The choices for the masses was out of your hands. All you could do was cast a vote. You did it. The result is not in your hands. The result is in his hands and he chose that result. Now the camera pans back to you. What are you going to do? You still have free choice. You can choose. You can choose to stay, you can choose to go, you can choose to modify your lifestyle over here or not. You can stand up and fight or you could sit back and watch the television. There are so many things that you can do, but you have to make those decisions.
Speaker 1:And, as we all know, because we've all been thinking about this for a while now, it's a lot easier said and done to make these changes, and the bigger the change, the more difficult it is to implement it. But the reality is it doesn't absolve us from doing the right thing, from making a decision, we said, which means it's not upon you to finish to get the outcome that you want. But that verse continues and it says that you're not free to absolve yourself of the obligation of starting, which means you have to make a decision. You cannot be an armchair warrior. You cannot sit back and watch the world fall apart around you and say to yourself it's okay, god's got this, he's going to run the show. That's not how it works. You need to help yourself. First, make a decision and the outcome will be in his hands. So let's wrap this up, my friends, and then tomorrow, god willing, we'll get right back into the gate of trust.
Speaker 1:The wrap-up of this is don't get frustrated, don't be upset, don't be fearful. Be aware, take action. Take positive action in the right direction. Understand you're still living in a free country, right, you've still got opportunities. You can still do as you wish, and you have to regroup and make choices and put a plan in place in order to move forward.
Speaker 1:The worst thing that you can do is to do nothing. That's the worst thing you can do because at the end of the day, you'll get run over by a freight train and you won't have any excuses. You have an obligation to help yourself and then God will help you. That's how it works. Move forward, make a plan. Don't respond emotionally. That's the worst thing that you can do. Never respond emotionally. Slow down, take a breath. The world isn't coming to an end. Everything is fine. You're going to wake up. Tomorrow. You're going to do the same thing. You're going to have another opportunity to change the world and make it a better place.
Speaker 1:This is the exact reason why you want to do that. Know that you have the power to make a difference, whether it's for the community or whether it's just for your family. You have the power to make a difference. Make a decision and move forward with it, but know with absolute certainty that the decision to run this country was made by the same creator who loves you. There was no such thing as bad, only seemingly bad. We don't know what's happening in the background. Put mechanisms in place for the safety and well-being and success of you and your family and those who you can impact and move forward on it. The rest, my dear friends, is in God's hands, which is a great, great thing. That's it for today. We'll speak tomorrow.
