Having The Right Perspective on Life

The Chofetz Chaim points out that Moshe named his sons in an order that doesn't match what happened to him. First Hashem saved him from Pharaoh's sword, which is Eliezer. Only afterward did he become a stranger in Midyan, which is Gershom. So why is Gershom the firstborn?The answer reaches the way we raise children and the way we live an ordinary day. A short parting scene has Rav Dessler seeing off a student at the train station with a blessing that sounds surprisingly small, until he explains what he meant.