Greatness

On a major coach ride at the moment, so been doing a lot of pondering. Rambam lays down the basics of Jewish Philosophy in his Perush Mishnayos (ch. 8) and in it he comes to a conclusion, that the world was created for mankind, and in specific it was created for us to become wise. I have thrown it around a bit and someone in the Beis the other night said "well yeah, G-d knows everything and in our mission to be like Him we should strive to know it all."
That line kinda lit a fire under my ass, and I've been obsessed with it, I just want to read and watch and learn anything, I want to know it all, and not just kodesh but also chol, its all about reading.
But I guess you have to do it right, there's no point studying non stop because you'll just become a veg, so its gotta be done slowly.
Its nuts, but I kinda get upset when people waste time, but I waste time, I'm a king of timewasting, but I need the constant reminder, so this shabbat just gone there was a mishna in pirkei avot that mentioned the type of people one should be around (its the third perek, more than that I can't say) and it said pretty much hang around with the right people, because if your crew is comprised of letzanim your just gonna sit down and talk about girls, booze and cars. However if we hang around those who are better than us, and we also have a modicum of anivus, we will learn from them and get the desire to learn, to know more.
And when you do know more find some other people and sit amongst them and they will blow you away. Find the biggest genius in town who gives a spitz shiur and goto it, be flabbergasted by his wide ranging knowledge and grasp of torah, and take that awe and turn it into desire, desire to be great. As it says (I can only reference the gemara in sanhedrin, 4th perek) it is better to be the tail of a lion than the head of a fox.
Peace and respect.
Fear From Love
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