Welcome to the short, practical Lelamed Weekly Dvar and Daily Aliyah. As always, you can Order The Daily Aliyah <https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-daily-aliyah/> and receive your hard copy of these daily practical and relevant Torah thoughts (all proceeds go to Daily Giving), or join this Whatsapp group <https://chat.whatsapp.com/G35Ne4mpYsm3RLPDPnPSKC> to receive one per day. I hope you find this meaningful... _______________________________________________ As Yosef arrives in Egypt, the Torah tells us that he was sold to Potiphar and that he was a “successful man” (39:2). The context and wording for this statement, however, are very peculiar. The pasuk could have easily omitted the word “man” and does not specify what sort of success Yosef had. What are we to learn from this phrase? The K’tav Sofer explains that this pasuk attests to Yosef’s attitude as a content person. Success is not subject to future achievements, and Yosef saw himself as being successful in the current moment. It is this attitude of accepting and being content with the present that allowed him to experience success in the future. This acceptance is what elicited his future achievements. Visualizing ourselves a certain way is the first step toward creating that reality. Success and happiness start in our minds and our attitudes. Shlomo Ressler _____________________________________________ Quotation of the week: "Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master, not its slave."