When a person has a relationship with Hashem and shares things with Hashem and only Him, by definition what he is sharing is unknown to others. Perhaps the person could devote his energies to engaging in practices which would earn him accolades from others, he could share his insights and growth with them, rather than just with Hashem. But Hashem values a person who shares only with Him and says: Yes, you aren't receiving as much honor from other people as you could. You have given all of your beauty and charm to me alone. You fortune shall not be diminished.
This is the idea of כל כבודה בת מלך פנימה, the honor of a princess is internal. Why does a person need to find acceptance from others? Why does she need their approval? Why act in a manner designed to provoke a positive reaction from onlookers? The "internal" is giving it all to Hashem, that is the real honor for a person.
This can be illustrated with a parable. A person whose foot is healthy is not heard as he walks. No one else knows he is there. His leg follows the dictates of his brain, and no one else has any awareness. Someone with crutches makes plenty of noise. The noise is a sign of a lack of health. It can't carry itself. So, too, a healthy person can go around in life without making noise. He doesn't need the attention of others to his existence. But a person has to make others aware of his being there...
This is the idea of כל כבודה בת מלך פנימה, the honor of a princess is internal. Why does a person need to find acceptance from others? Why does she need their approval? Why act in a manner designed to provoke a positive reaction from onlookers? The "internal" is giving it all to Hashem, that is the real honor for a person.
This can be illustrated with a parable. A person whose foot is healthy is not heard as he walks. No one else knows he is there. His leg follows the dictates of his brain, and no one else has any awareness. Someone with crutches makes plenty of noise. The noise is a sign of a lack of health. It can't carry itself. So, too, a healthy person can go around in life without making noise. He doesn't need the attention of others to his existence. But a person has to make others aware of his being there...
Here, Chayim, I think that you are confusing healthy and sick with equally valid but different personality types--all created by HaKadosh Baruch Hu
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