Feeling inspired is easy. It might even be the easiest thing in the world. The hard part — the only part that counts — is what you do before the feeling wears off.
R’ Binyamin of Lublin notices something sharp:
אלה הדברים אשר צוה ה‘ לעשות אותם — “These are the things that God commanded to do them.“
Why not simply “these are the things God commanded”? What does “to do them” — לעשות אותם — add?
He explains: inspiration is a gift from Heaven. The flash of clarity you feel, the sudden resolve to be better, the moment a teaching cracks something open inside you — that’s God talking. It arrives from above. You didn’t manufacture it.
But here’s where most people stop. They feel the fire, they tell someone about it, they ride the warmth — and then it fades. The inspiration was real, but the doing never came.
That’s why the Torah adds “to do them” — לעשות אותם. The divine command doesn’t end with the receiving. It ends with the doing. God’s word is not complete until it lands in action.
There’s even a subtle warning embedded in the word אותם — them, the things themselves. Not your feelings about the things. Not your conversation about the things. The things.
So the next time something moves you, ask one question before the feeling passes:
What’s one thing I can do with this today?
That’s when God’s command is finally fulfilled.
Because inspiration with no action isn’t spirituality. It’s entertainment.