USE IT OR LOSE IT

Cliff Claven was a postal dispenser in Boston, USA. His job was to deliver letters containing messages being passed between members of the human race. This required of him to spend a large portion of his life on his feet, and to ensure that his job be carried out with the least amount of discomfort possible he purchased himself a pair of extremely comfortable shoes.
Cliff woke up one morning and didn't feel like going to work. 'Instead', he mused to himself, 'I'll put on my super comfy shoes and go for a stroll through the park.'
He walked and walked for hours until he couldn't walk anymore, and lay down under the shade of an oak tree for a snooze.
While he was asleep, a stray dog managed to wrench his shoes off his feet and make his way into the far distance.
Upon waking up, Cliff didn't notice what had transpired during his nap, and made his way home.
It wasn't until he was standing at the door to his tiny apartment that he noticed his feet were beginning to hurt and as he looked down at his sock clad feet, a sinking feeling of despair, confusion and nausea overcame him. Nausea from the odor which arose from his feet, confusion due to the lack of shoes on them and despair as a result of the sudden realization that he had no shoes for work.
The story of the generation of the flood is one of a generation which was in possession of the most awesome powers human beings ever had. Instead of directing them to the service of their Creator, they took them for a stroll through His world.
Every morning we wake up with everything we need to carry out our mission and complete our jobs in this world, yet we rarely apply ourselves honestly enough to discern whether or not we are actually doing that which we were hired to do. The Torah reveals to us a message which indicates when we are steering into the park instead of to the office…."Use it or lose it."
When something gets lost, broken or stolen, Hashem is telling us that we're not using our tools properly, so He handicaps us and forces us to reflect from our constricted moments of lacking on our missions.
Noach was very comfortable but he wasn't doing anything to change the world for the better. All which he knew, he learned from others. He never applied his mind to search for new ways to reach out to the people of his generation, he simply went with the flow, and eventually floated above the flow.
During his time in the ark, Hashem gave him the unique opportunity to learn about the specific needs of all creatures that dwell on planet Earth and to then tend to their needs. This was the lesson he needed to be taught before being permitted to return to dwelling on dry land.
Hashem gave each and every one of us the ability to apply our minds to His creation in a way which will enable us to discern what it is that is missing. Hashem also implanted within us the capability to complete and correct all that, seemingly, is wrong with the world to steer it more towards perfection. If we fail to use these unique powers, they will be taken away from us, G-d forbid.
Wake up folks! Put on your comfy shoes and start on your rounds. The Jewish people are the postal dispensers on this planet, carrying messages of Truth, Justice and Peace from Hashem to His creatures.