Someone told the Tchebiner Rav zt’l that he was very worried about his children who were getting older and have not found shidduchim. The Tchebiner Rav told him the following story:

“Early in the morning on erev Yom Kippur, someone was going to the shochet to shecht his kaparos. He held the chicken in one hand, a machzor in the other, and then his eyeglasses fell to the ground. He stood there, wondering what to do. If he puts down the chicken, it will run away. He certainly can’t put the machzor on the ground. So how could he pick up his eyeglasses?”

“What did he do?” the man asked.

The Tchebiner Rav replied, “I don’t know, but one thing I am certain of; he’s not standing there anymore.”

In other words, life goes on. There are hurdles and challenges, but the difficulties aren’t forever.

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman