How much time people spend on nonsense! And then they say, “No time, no time, no time to call a parent and say, ‘I wish, you know, I wish, I hope you’re okay.’” No time to call a spouse and say, “How was your day today? Can I help you?” No time to call a kid and ask how they’re doing, or call that lonely lady who lost her husband a couple of years ago, or that poor boy who has no parents and needs a little encouragement. The poor boy has no siblings; he needs to have a good time. What’s the phone call? A minute, a minute.
But when I’m too busy in my head, I start to really believe I’m too busy. I want you to hear the words, the wonderful words of the Beit HaLevi. Yosef came to his brothers, and he said, “Wait a second. You’re so worried, you’re so worried about our father’s well-being, you’re so worried about father’s health, you’re so worried about father’s life, you’re so worried about the danger that could come for our father. Ani Yosef (I am Yosef), why weren’t you worried back then? Why weren’t you worried? That same quality that you possess right now, that concern, that care, that worry for our father—where was it all those years when he threw me into that pit, when he disposed of me, when he took my coat away?” Those are the words of the Beit HaLevi. And when Borei Olam (Creator of the world) comes in and says, “Ani Yosef, I am Borei Olam,” what are we going to answer?