Rav Shimshon Pincus told over the following story, which he said really is a mashal (parable). But the story happened: There was a doctor in the ICU. At the time, a number of doctors were in the ICU, caring for their patients. But one night, he was the only one on call. He was going to take care of the ICU pretty much by himself. Yes, there were some nurses, but he was the only doctor on staff.
Then he was told, “Do the following. All will probably be very uneventful. However, it’s possible that the man in 206 will start screaming and might have terrible pain. At the same time, the fellow in 207 might have some sort of an episode, as well as the older gentleman in 208. And here’s what you need to do: Call. We’re not far away. Make sure that you don’t try to handle it on your own.”
Well, he was hoping and praying for the best, but unfortunately, that’s not what happened. A few hours into his shift, all of a sudden, he heard the man in 206 screaming. Shortly thereafter, there was an episode in 207, and the elderly gentleman in 208 was in need of help as well. Sadly, tragically, one of the fellows died.
Well, the hospital took him to task, punished him, and threatened to fire him for what he had done. He said to them, “What do you want? I was running like a chicken without a head from 206 to 208, back to 207, over and over. I couldn’t do it all by myself.” And they said, “That’s inexcusable. We told you, if you can’t, pick up the phone and call. You didn’t. It’s your negligence that caused their death.”
Sometimes a person is in the middle of a Nisayon (trial), and he can’t... We’re human beings. We’re not Malachim (angels). The Ribbono Shel Olam (Master of the World) listens to us when we cry out. Cry out for help. Not necessarily before the Nisayon, not after the Nisayon, but in the middle of the Nisayon. You might think to yourself, “Hashem doesn’t want to hear from me now.” But every person who is struggling and going through something and looking at something that’s inappropriate and doing something that he shouldn’t be doing has an internal struggle. We are grappling with the issue. Stop for a moment. At one of those moments when you’re saying, “Maybe I shouldn’t do it,” cry out to Hashem. The Ribbono Shel Olam will answer you at the moment that you cry, and you will see remarkable Siyata Dishmaya (divine assistance) in helping you with this Nisayon.