Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

but Rashid of Merkis Haraf, they all seemed to turn to as the leader of the group.

And he said, please, can you share something with the Talmidim?

So Rav Shapiro shared a number of things.

One of the things, he spoke very briefly, but one of the things he shared with the Talmidim

was a story, I didn't catch who the story was with, but that someone had asked the child, what do you want to be when you grow up?

And the child answered, happy.

I want to be happy when I grow up.

And the person who asked the child the question turned to the child's father and said, I don't think he understood the question.

Maybe I was asking, do you want to be a doctor?

Do you want to be a Rosh Hashanah?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

The father said to the person who asked the question, he may not have understood the question, but he gets it a lot more than you and I do.

Ultimately, that's all that we really want.

Everyone wants the same thing in life.

Everyone wants to be happy.

Most people, or many, many, many people are confused about what's going to accomplish that.

Some people think if they have enough money, that's going to get them the happiness that

that they so desire, or whatever it might be, the most pleasure, or whatever it is that they're chasing.

And ultimately, being happy is what everybody wants.

So it's a very, very critical middah.