{"id":11966,"date":"2025-12-13T18:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11966"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:41:13","slug":"ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/","title":{"rendered":"26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard in 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written, \u201cThe Lord is high and the low will see,\u201d that only the low can see the exaltedness. The letters&nbsp;<em>Yakar<\/em>&nbsp;[precious] are the letters of&nbsp;<em>Yakir<\/em>&nbsp;[will know]. This means that one knows the exaltedness of a thing to the extent that it is precious to one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One is impressed according to the importance of the thing. The impression brings one to a sensation in the heart, and according to the measure of one\u2019s recognition of the importance, to that extent, joy is born in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, if one knows his lowliness, that he is not more privileged than his contemporaries, meaning he sees that there are many people in the world who were not given the strength to do the holy work even in the simplest way, even without the intention and in&nbsp;<em>Lo Lishma<\/em>&nbsp;[not for Her sake], even in&nbsp;<em>Lo Lishma<\/em>of&nbsp;<em>Lo Lishma<\/em>, and even in preparation for the preparation of the clothing of&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;[holiness], while he was imparted the desire and thought to at least occasionally do holy work, even in the simplest possible way, if one can appreciate the importance of this, according to the importance one attributes to the holy work, to that extent he should give praise and thanks for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is so because it is true that we cannot appreciate the importance of being able to sometimes observe the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] of the Creator, even without any intention. In that state, one comes to feel elation and joy in the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The praise and the gratitude one gives for it expand the feelings, and one is elated by every single point in the holy work, he knows Whose servant he is, and thus soars ever higher. This is the meaning of what is written, \u201cI thank You for the grace that You have made with me,\u201d meaning for the past, and by this one can confidently say, and he does say, \u201cand that You are destined to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard in 1943 It is written, \u201cThe Lord is high and the low will see,\u201d that only the low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6231,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[25],"class_list":["post-11966","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past&quot; by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past&quot; by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kabbalah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T16:41:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kabbalah-rep.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kabbalahinfo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-13T18:48:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T16:41:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\\\" by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/book\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shamati (I Heard)\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/shamati\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png\",\"width\":49,\"height\":48,\"caption\":\"Kabbalah\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/kabbalahinfo\",\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/@kabbalahinfo\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kabbalah.info\",\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kabbalahedu\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thehiddenreality\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past","description":"\"One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\" by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past","og_description":"\"One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\" by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/","og_site_name":"Kabbalah","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo","article_modified_time":"2026-01-25T16:41:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kabbalah-rep.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@kabbalahinfo","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/","name":"Kabbalah | 26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-12-13T18:48:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-25T16:41:13+00:00","description":"\"One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past\" by Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag explains how recognizing past blessings elevates one spiritually.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/ones-future-depends-and-is-tied-to-gratitude-for-the-past-7\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/book\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shamati (I Heard)","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/shamati\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"26. One\u2019s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/","name":"Kabbalah","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization","name":"Kabbalah","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png","width":49,"height":48,"caption":"Kabbalah"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo","https:\/\/x.com\/kabbalahinfo","http:\/\/youtube.com\/@kabbalahinfo","http:\/\/instagram.com\/kabbalah.info","http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kabbalahedu","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thehiddenreality"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/11966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/6231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=11966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}