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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 724 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
The world that you live in is actually a world that you’ve created by being the person that you are. Everything that you attract around you is by the way that you act.
To be affectionate, for instance, means to be kind to another, to be charitable, and compassionate. It means that you can care about other people, even more so than you care for yourself.
To be considerate and cordial about the things that are being asked of you. To give with great amount of kindness but without any intended or non-intended construed ideas in your mind. Just giving for the sake of helping. To be courteous, friendly, gentle, loving, thoughtful, and even tolerant.
All of this can be summed up in one word: ‘kind’. To be kind means all of these things, are packaged in one concept. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 723 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Often people ask the questions, “What kind of person will I be remembered when I pass away. What will they say about my life?”
You don’t have to wait until you pass away for things to be said about you. Why don’t you have it done today? Why not be the person that you would like to be?
There are many character traits that a person should have that are of, not only beauty, but also of honor and dignity. Another trait is to be merciful. A merciful person is charitable, somebody who gives of himself, and gives of his possessions with many people around them. Another character trait is to be compassionate. To understand that not everyone’s been blessed with easily or great things as they may seem or may have. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 722 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Today is a very special day for me, it is my birthday. A birthday is a beginning; it is a window to the chance of a lifetime. It is the chance to fulfill a unique mission. Now, a birthday can also be celebrated with receiving gifts, gathering friends, and especially having a birthday cake. But, on this day, it’s also a chance to remember the day that the major event that started your life occurred years ago. Celebrate, give thanks, and reflect upon how well you’re doing for the calling that you’ve been given. G-d has invested a tremendous amount of energy once again, on your birthday. This very special day, my birthday, it’s exactly what He’s done for me, as well.
A birthday is a time to celebrate birth itself – the joy of life. It is also an occasion to rethink your life. How great is the disparity between what I have accomplished and what I can accomplish? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 721 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Bashful could mean shy, or maybe even embarrassed. Some people even say that a timid person could be called bashful.
But, there is a beauty in being bashful. By being shy, a person becomes more humble, more reserved and they watch. They watch what they say. They watch what they see. They watch where they go.
A bashful person is conscientious about who they are, and where they would like to be.
A bashful person is someone who has reservations about exposing everything to the world.
A bashful person is someone who knows their beauty and their inner strength and they only share it when it’s appropriate and necessary. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 720 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I would like to share with you a very important concept; something which has an unprecedented amount of reasons why it should be said and understood by everyone.
When you say a word, whomever you may be, wherever you are, whenever you say it, and whatever the word is, each word that you utter creates an angel. These are called “angelic words”. Each word has a celestial, heavenly, radiant, saintly touch to it.
Each word that you utter has the power to affect the whole world and even the whole universe. Every time you say something, whether it is a word you should be saying, or one you should avoid, it creates an angel. These angelic and absolutely ethereal beings, are truly powerful. They come into the world and make the world be what it is today. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 719 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever been in the situation where things are going quite well for you? The sun is shining, business is good, life seems to be at its ultimate peak. But, then you meet someone with an attitude, and you wonder, “Why does this person have an attitude?”
Let me suggest a way to look at this person. You have to think of that other person, and yourself, as a “work in progress”. None of us are “finished” products. We all have the timeless things that we have to work out in our lives. The things that we have to make better.
Let me relate a story to you that might illustrate it better. A person is walking in the street and meets someone on crutches, leaving a medical specialist’s office. The passer-by, could think that the specialist is actually not good. After all, this person came to the specialist, and was obeying all the doctor’s instructions, yet he still needs crutches. How is that possible? Now, imagine that it was explained to the passer-by that before the patient was in the doctor’s care he couldn’t move his feet altogether. He was completely paralyzed. The doctor actually reduced the paralysis, and he strengthened the patient to the point where he was able to use his feet. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 718 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Slander is a difficult character trait that naturally destroys so many people. Defamation disparagement, or smearing someone else’s reputation. This is absolutely and unequivocally a trait that a person should always fight against. There is something else that is related to slander and that is the “shade of slander”.
There are times when it’s really not quite slander, but it is similar. For instance, it is considered a shade of slander when someone speaks favorably about a colleague in the presence of his enemy. Because, this will surely prompt them to say disparaging things about that person. It’s also a category of a shade of slander when a person who relates slander in frivolity and jest when speaking about someone else. Even though it’s not hatred, just speaking in the way that is disparaging of another, is a shade of slander. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 717 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever experienced a true sunset or sunrise? Quite stunning, something which is of immense beauty and almost indescribable. Indeed, you must use all your senses to witness the sunrise, not just your eyes. Otherwise, you won’t be able to understand it, to fully grasp it, or realize what it is.
There is a moment just before the flowers open where it looks like the world is holding its breath. This is quite amazing, something beyond imagination, something beyond exhilaration. It is something of special value. To be able to understand the strength, the energy, and the beauty behind the world often you must stop and look. Truly feel the beauty of the world. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 716 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I was making my way downstairs one morning, when I saw a beautiful sight – my wife sitting there on the couch, next to my daughter. Now you see, my daughter is also a mother, and there they were, both of them sitting down and speaking about life, children, husbands, things that mothers speak to daughters about. This is the “circle of life”. Children may wonder at times if their parents are truly on their side, whether they’ll ever grow up to be like their parents, or if their parents truly understand them.
But then these children grow up, and they themselves become parents. The full circle of life comes around and lets them know that whatever their parents taught them was always the right thing. So, there it was, that beautiful picture of my wife and my daughter conversing with each other. Both of them looking into each other’s eyes, finding the awakening of a passion. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 715 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever met people who have been tagged as “being moody”? This means that they are downcast, or they change from good to not good, and become melancholic sometimes.
What causes this mood change? It could be their circumstances, the way they feel about themselves, or a lack of self-worth. Perhaps they envy others, or are experiencing difficulties and obstacles, that they feel cannot be overcome.
When you meet someone moody, instead of just saying, “This person is moody. I don’t want to be around them.” Why not get closer to them and ask them, “What caused the change in your attitude?” Once you find out about what caused that change, why not help them see things in a different light? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 714 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
A wise man once said, “A person should create their environment. If he does not he should check his own baggage carefully to see whether his own affairs are in order. If he fails to create an environment, he will break and splinter. He must demand of himself, what am I doing in this world?”
Ask yourself the question: What is your purpose? What is it that you were created for? And what can you do to make this world a better place? A place where everything around you becomes greater.
Since you are given the power to create your own environment and create new environments, shouldn’t you be looking for this wherever you go? Accept challenges and take full responsibility. At times, you must love criticism and learn from others. You have to have good friends, be flexible, keep an open mind, and forgive yourself. You must say little and do much. You must also help one another. You have to love peace and love others just as you love yourself. You have to be hospitable. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 713 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There’s a story about employees in a company who one day reached their office and found a big sign which said, “Yesterday, the person who had been hindering your growth in this company, passed away. We invite you, please, to join all the funeral processions in the room downstairs.”
At first, the employees became sad for the death of one of their colleague. But then, after a while, they became curious. Who was this person who hindered their growth? Who could it be?
Downstairs in that room, the excitement was so great that security agents were ordered to control the crowd, and make sure that they walked one-by-one by the coffin. As they waited their turn to see the body, they thought, “Who is this person who was hindering the progress? Well, at least he died. But let’s see who it is.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 712 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
We are told that when the world was created, two commandments were given: Guard and work.
What does guarding the world mean? It means making the world what it should be. The world has a purpose, and there are things to be fixed for it to become the ultimate place to live.
What about working? Working means preventing or stopping the world from being what it shouldn’t. This is really the purpose of men being on Earth: “To make the world what it should be, and prevent it from becoming what it should not.”
With these thoughts in mind you now have a different purpose. Because if this is the purpose of the world, then wherever you go, whatever you do, whatever you see, whatever you say, and whatever you think – should all be about you making the world what it should be. It is easy to know this, because the world has so many beautiful things to offer us. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 711 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There are great lessons to be learned by watching various things in the world. Look at a deer. The deer has a particular characteristic, its hide does not constrain its flesh. The extremely taut skin of the deer does not inhibit its growth, but on the contrary, it adapts itself and conforms to it. What this means is that the priority must always be of quality over quantity.
At times, you will have decisions to make. There are things that you have been told or that you have learned to do properly. They may seem like restrictions at first, but they are the right decisions, and you know that. Yet, you may find yourself alone; the only one doing what is right, and you might ask, “Why should I do that? I’m the only one doing it.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 710 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Often, it has been said that times change and with the changes of time, people should change. My opinion on this is, that times change but values don’t. Such as the value of gratefulness. Grateful for everything that happens in your life. That should never change, and if anything, it should become stronger. Or the value to pray daily, that doesn’t change either.
The value of knowing who you are, what you do, and the things that you’re capable of doing. Of setting standards of integrity, trust, and honesty. The concept of knowing your strengths and weaknesses while believing in yourself. Acquiring of a mentor, being honorable, living with happiness. Overcoming anxiety, controlling your anger, and understanding the difference between pride and arrogance. These values don’t change. (more…)
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Inspiration: Above and Beyond – Day 240
People ask:
How can I have the confidence that everything will work out for the best?
Perhaps I don’t deserve the best?
Perhaps I’ve already messed up so badly that there is no return for me?
Perhaps G-d almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, has given up on me?
What should I do? How would I know? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 239 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There is a story about a king who arrived at one of the cities in his kingdom. The king was greeted by the wealthiest man in time, who said, “I would like to ask his majesty to please stay in my spacious residence. I have allocated an entire wing so you can use it for the duration of your visit.”
The king responded in a strange way; he said, “There’s no need to give me an entire suite. One room is enough. Just one room, but it should be completely mine.”
The rich man didn’t understand that. He said, “I’m willing to give your majesty my entire residence just so that you can stay wherever you wish.”
Again, the king turned down the man’s offer, and said, “I don’t want you to give me your entire house. I told you, I want that one room to be completely mine. That is all I need.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 238 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
The question was asked once, “How do you fight evil?” The character, the evil, the self-pride. The self-admiration, how do you break that.
There are two ways. First is to fight it head-on and to contemplate the advantages, or disadvantages, of following through.
The second way, however, is to “elevate yourself”.
Let me illustrate with a story I once heard.
The wind and the sun once debated which one was stronger. The wind decided to show its strength, pointing at a person standing down below. It said, “Watch and see how I can blow this person’s clothes off of his body.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 231 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
The first thing we become aware of when we wake up from our sleep in the morning is that we are “awake and alive.” That is the first awareness. It’s interesting that when we go to bed the night before, we are tired and exhausted. Some people even say they are “dead tired,” but when we wake up in the morning, refreshed in the body and soul, it is almost as if we are born again. It is only right therefore when we wake up in the morning that we thank the Creator for giving us back our soul and mind totally refreshed.
Often, we don’t realize that every single night when we go to sleep, a little bit of us goes up somewhere in the heavens to get refreshed while our body stays down here on earth. Yet in the morning, our mind, our heart, and even our soul becomes totally refreshed. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 214 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I met a young man, some time ago, who had been using drugs.
I asked him the question, “What leads you to that? What did you do to fall so low that you let the drugs control your life, your mind, and everything else around you?”
This is what he said to me, “I was looking for a high… I was looking for something above and beyond. I fooled myself into thinking that I could accomplish more, and that I was so much better than everybody else. I never listened,” the young man said, “to anyone. Not to advice from my parents, my friends. And I never cared to even take the time. I kept on telling myself that I was so much greater, and so much smarter. Nothing could change me or stop me. When the drugs came along, I didn’t look at it as an ‘overtaking power’ or as a ‘new achievement’, but rather as simply one of my servants that I could order around.” (more…)
