I have no control!

Microsoft Corp was created by Hashem to demonstrate to me that I have no control.

Let's face it, Hashem controls the world whether I like it or not. Ok, what's the deal?

I was working on my computer when I found out it was acting weird. I went to the Task Manager and found out that the CPU rate was jumping from 20% to 90%, and then it hit 100% and hung there for about 2 minutes.

Suddenly a popup box told me that Windows was updating my computer and showed me the ubiquitous Time Left bar. When the process was finished the computer then had the NERVE to automatically close down my programs and reboot without MY SAY IN THE MATTER!

Thank G-d I was not doing anything crucial. Nevertheless it is annoying!

The truth is IT IS A TEST. It is a crystal clear example that I have no control.

There are two items that can make us angry: the automobile and the computer.

Both of these tools gives us tremendous power: The power to travel long distances, the strength of a powerful engine at my beck and call - or the ability to connect to the world and be able to publish my thoughts through the internet, to create my own podcast! WOW!

However these power trips come to a crashing halt when there is a traffic jam, the cops pull me over, the program crashes, or Windows reboots my computer without my say!

We pretend we are godly beings as we drive our fancy cars and work on our awesome laptops. Nevertheless Hashem is quick to send us a traffic jam or a program crash in order to remind us that we really have no control.

Yet we do have control in one area -- THE POWER TO EITHER GET ANGRY OR TO REMAIN CALM - in other words, the power to choose the good moral path or the bad stressful path.

The choice is yours!

When you hit your next traffic jam, encounter the cop, or experience your next computer mishap

STOP, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND WAIT FOR 5 SECONDS

Then continue.

You will find yourself a much happier person! Hatzlacha!