True story as heard from the person it happened to:
Mesila here, the Baltimore based organization that coaches struggling families with the financial skills and encouragement to get them out of crisis, poverty and dependence, was available for consultation in a certain neighborhood. This person went to speak to them.
He showed the rep his papers with information about his and his wife's income and their expenses and at a certain point the Mesila rep said: Stop right there. "Blessing is found in that which is concealed from the eye," says the Gemara. I do not understand how you are not in debt. According to what you showed me thus far, it makes no sense. So let us not delve any further.
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I'm impressed! Here's an organization that is all about budgeting, making rational decisions, and not relying on miracles. But when encountering someone whose financial situation does not make rational sense, i.e. considering his income and expenses it makes no sense that he is not in debt, the Mesila person was willing to bow out. Sometimes, you need to leave things alone.
a previous post about Mesila here
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You hope that it really is Divine miracles and not that the person is doing something illegal. Sometimes miracles really do happen such as opportunities that come a person's way.
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