Rav Wolbe writes in Alei Shur that being religious is something natural, because it's part of our human psyche that we want to serve a higher being or greater force. Where does that come from? He says, it probably comes from a basis of Hakarat HaTov . God put good middot into us, and so naturally we have Hakarat HaTov. When you open your eyes and see a beautiful world, there's something that drives us to wonder, “ Who did this for me?” And if you don't have a religious manual, you'll just find other ways to thank some greater being, because it’s natural. And he deduces from Rav Yerucham’s Haggadah shel Pesach, that it’s our job. At the end of the Seder night, we say, “ Lefichach/Therefore, Anachnu Chayavim LeHodot, LeHalel, L’Shabeach/We have to thank and praise…etc.. to the One that did for our forefathers, Whoever gave our forefathers and us all these miracles. Why don't we say, “ We have to praise and thank God?” Why do we say, “ To the One , ” without a name- Why the anonymous donor? He says, because Hakarat HaTov doesn't ask who . Hakarat HaTov just says, “I owe somebody.” That is the natural Hakarat HaTov. I drive on a street with street lights and traffic lights. Who put them there? I walk into a shul and there's electricity. Who's paying for electricity? There are chairs. Who's paying for the chairs? I'm just a taker? Very nice. I pay my $400 dues, but that doesn't cover the expenses and all the costs. Someone's paying for all this. I'd like to share with you one of my favorite stories, as I like stories that are about real people with real emotions. Mr. Ralph Tawil a’h, was one of the pillars of the Syrian community. That term is sometimes used lightly, but in this case, it’s not. He was a real leader, a forward thinker on charity and many great things. He was once honored at a dinner for Yeshivat Shaare Torah. When he got up to speak, he told the following story: He was an orphan. His mother passed away when his young, and his father lived in Mexico. He couldn't handle the children, so they were raised in the Brooklyn orphanage home. In his mid twenties, once he had already become a very successful businessman, he thought to himself, “I lived in an orphanage…who paid for my food? Who paid for my bed? Who paid for everything? I owe somebody, but I don't even know who these people are. I definitely don't know the donors. I don't even know what the institution is. ” He went on to look up the institution and discovered that it had since been absorbed by a larger institution, the famous Ohel that is still functioning today, and doing a great job for the community. So he went to the president or the chairman of Ohel and said, “ I'd like you to make a dinner. I'll be the guest of honor. I'll invite all my friends and I'll have them make dedications. I will raise money for your organization.” And that’s what he did, because he had that innate feeling of , “I owe somebody,” and put his money where his mouth was Recently I heard a story from Rabbi Hillel Haber, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Shaare Torah. He said that a man had gone through the school for 14 years, from Pre-K to 12th grade, on tuition assistance the whole time. He never paid a dollar of tuition, because his parents couldn't afford it. He was taken care of by outsiders. One day, he woke up and thought, “ Who paid my tuition?” He asked Rabbi Haber to calculate the price of his tuition from Pre-K through 12th grade, and he wrote one check to cover all those years of schooling. That's a beautiful Middah. It’s the feeling of, ‘I don't even see the person, but I'm receiving, and I know I have to thank somebody. It didn't come from nowhere.’ That’s the feeling of the Haggadah shel Pesach. At the end of the night, we are supposed to say, “ Who gave me this? My family's sitting around my table. Look at what I have!” Again, it's not easy, because there are forces fighting against us. Yes, there's a natural Hakarat HaTov factor, but there's also a Gaavah/ an arrogance and entitlement that is trying to fight this. Our job, by the end of the Seder, is to really feel that Anachnu Chayavim/we are obligated, we're beholden to thank and to praise Somebody , because , ‘Wow! Am I on the receiving end!!’ Have a wonderful day.