Life's Lessons

During the summer I was visiting my brother and sister-in-law. I was looking at their pictures from their vacation in California. One of the pictures was the two of them riding a double seater bike. Commenting, I told my sister-in-law, how it was probably tons of fun.
"It was tons of fun." She said "Actually, I wasn't really doing anything. I only realized after that the seat I was sitting in, didn't do anything. I only helped pedal. If I realized the whole time it would have been more relaxing. I was busy turning the wheel, this way and that, thinking I was doing something. Only Yosef was the one controlling it."
Smiling I looked at my sister-in-law and told her. "That's just like life. We think that we are in control, but really its only Hashem who's in control. If we realize now, it's all in Hashem's hands, then we would be able to "relax" and be stress free. Yes, we have to do our Hishtadlus and pedal through life, but its only the pedaling that helps. Leave everything else up to Hashem. Because He is the only one in control"