Why Do We Fight So Hard for What We Want, Yet Give Up Quickly on What We Believe In?
Why can personal desires receive more persistence than the values we say matter most to us?
This source-based Torah essay examines the gap between what a person wants and what a person believes is right. Through Moses and the teaching “Make His will your will,” it asks how values can become genuine desire rather than an external obligation. The saying is preserved as a religious teaching and not as a promise that every personal wish will be granted.