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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 153 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever taken the time and listened to the wind blowing outside your window?
It’s quite impressive and at times it’s really a beautiful thing. It may feel shivering but it is quite an experience. There are many winds in life and we have all experienced the different types of winds: the wind of disappointment, wind of despair, wind of heartbreak, even wind of success, or wind of goodness.
If this is the case for the winds, why would each of us in our own individual ship of life, all begin at the same point with the same intended destination in mind, but arrive at different places at the end of our journey? After all, have we not sailed all of us upon the same sea? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 152 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
As we blend the ‘new’ and the ‘old’ the result is either the strengthening of our past, (the things that we’ve done, the things that we believe in, things that have happened), or perhaps the broadening of our current situations looking into the future. Mixing the two is often a mistake.
What is in the past needs to be filed away. What is to be considered is the future. But before you can even consider the future you have to think of the present. Indeed, tomorrow is today’s action.
Why not consider your future and your present together and forget the past? The ‘old’ and the ‘new’ can be mixed. Our beliefs have led us to make certain decisions about what is valuable to us as human beings, though as the days went by, at times we made mistakes. If you could change that, would it be worth it? Absolutely. You can do that today and forget about the old and just deal with the new. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 151 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Isn’t it interesting to know that there are people at times who are given sound advice but they don’t want to follow it? They say, “This isn’t for me. This doesn’t suit me well. I’m not interested to listen.”
Take, for instance, a layman in areas, such as medical science. As a patient, for example, he may well have his doubts about the efficacy of the drug that was prescribed by his physician. Will he refuse to take it until he has been able to attend medical classes or even learn all that his doctor learned in his lifetime, studies and experience? Will he not rely on the authority of the medical specialist? If he has doubts about the expertise of one doctor, can he obtain a second opinion or maybe a third? But when all agree that he needs to take that medicine and the prescribed medical regimen, would he refuse to take that expert advice even if he still has strong doubts about it? So here is the question, why would that person refuse to follow the recommendations? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 150 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
What does a person do when they hear painful news? News that hurt you, possibly that might even make you cry? You see, it’s not alright to cry for yourself for things that happened to you, but it’s okay to cry for another person. That’s what tears are for. They were given by the Creator of the world for anyone to use for others, for the pain that you feel “for them”. That might also affect you but it’s really truly for them. Otherwise, that’s a waste of tears.
So, what do you do when you hear painful news about another, especially something that could be hurtful or to a certain extent, dangerous? What would you do with that news? I’ll tell you what you do.
First and foremost, pray. Pray to the Creator of the world that this news be temporary.
Second, have Faith. Faith begins where actual intelligence stops. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 149 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Many people have a hard time or find it challenging or difficult to associate with or even live among others. Now, I ask you the question, why would that be an issue? Why can’t you be part of the whole world and be happy where you are? That doesn’t mean that the world dictates what you’re going to do or certainly guide you into the directions that they wish. You have the choice to do whatever you wish, and it is a given gift from Heaven and the Creator of the world, that each and every human being in this world, the only life on Earth which has 100% unadulterated option on every single decision, and it’s called free will. But you have to remain loyal to who you are.
By remaining loyal to yourself, there is a part of you there that is always in touch with your soul. There is a place in you that is absolutely wholesome, pure, and untarnished; and that’s yourself. That’s you; that’s who you are, that’s your inner being, that’s the core of your being. That part never gets tarnished or never gets sullied by anything. It’s you. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 37 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever wondered how many people read the newspapers every day?
Why do you think they read the newspaper? Is it to find out about life?
Or news about other countries? About politics? New developments?
Why is that? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 147 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Often, people are so concerned about directives and rules. They hear the term “conform” and are unhappy about it. They say, “Why should I conform? Why should I follow the rules?”
The truth is, one way or the other, a person will have to conform with rules. That’s just the way the world is set up. One or the other person will have to follow the right way. Might as well do it now.
If you think about it, there’s no question that each and every one of us have to follow certain rules. Now when we were young, there are rules at school. We learn to follow what the teacher wants us to do and what we’re supposed to, and follow all of the directives that we’re given.
As we grow older, we realize that in order for us to drive or to have a job, or to earn a living, or to be married, or to have children, or start a company, or do whatever we want to do, there are directives and rules that we have to follow. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 146 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
You may have heard of the great electrical engineer, Charles Steinmetz. He was once asked, “In what line of research would see the greatest development in the next many years?”
Instead of mentioning some line of electrical application, he said the following, “There is a force which history clearly teaches us to accept as being one of the greatest power in the development of man and history, yet we have merely been playing with it and have never seriously studied it as we have the physical forces.”
Someday people will learn that material things don’t bring happiness and are of little use in making men and women creative and powerful. Then the scientists of the world will turn the laboratories over to the study of G-d and prayer. The spiritual forces have hardly been touched. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 145 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
A couple of days ago, I drove by a street and was taken aback by what I saw. On the sidewalk, on all four corners, from one side of the street to the other, instead of having just those parallel lines where the pedestrians walk, I actually saw keyboards. Someone, in a genuine and unadulterated manner, but in such a beautiful way, had drawn piano keys. The full keyboards on all sidewalks. As you go around and see the cross street on one side sidewalk to the other, instead of walking between parallel lines and just blank asphalt, you actually walked on piano keys.
Then, I saw something very interesting: on each side of the street was a young boy that kept waiting for the light to turn red and then he would run back and forth as though he was playing the keyboards using his feet, making music. I thought this was so original. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 144 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
G-d Almighty, Master of the universe, King of all kings, Ruler of the world, I thank You. I thank You that I am standing here today and everything I will say will be like nothing in comparison to how much I truly need to thank You. For everything, I need to thank You, because everything is from You. I thank You for the things that are in this world. Thinking on the countless times that You’ve helped me, You supported me, You saved me, You made me happy, You healed me, You watched over me, You encouraged me. Thank You for always being there with me. Thank You for giving me the strength to do good deeds, and the strength to pray.
Thank You for all the times You’ve helped me and I did not know how to say, “Thank You”. Thank You for the kindness You do for me every second of the day, and thank You for helping me breathe freely. Also, for the things that I don’t have. I know that sometimes there are things that are difficult for me or, and I am even sad at times, but I know that everything is for my good. Although I don’t always see it, I thank You. I know deep in my heart everything comes from You, and it is the best thing for me. It was all made especially for me. The exact, perfect, Divine Providence. Like only the King of all kings can do. So, thank You for it, and thank You for the hard times, because this is the only way that I can appreciate the good. And only after we’re found in the darkness can we appreciate the light. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 143 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever thought about the shadows that are out there?
Depending on the time of the day and the sun’s location in the sky, the very same object’s shadow will be either short and fat or tall and thin. This is fascinating because, since your shadow is always with you, it is a built-in compass. As long as you are not in a forest, or a city full of skyscrapers, it is there. Following you wherever you go.
Just as the movement of a person’s body is reflected and magnified in his shadow, every step of our conduct in this world arouses spiritual forces of incomparable power. Every action that you do in this physical world has tremendous reaction and ramification in the world of spirits. But, the concept of our attitude in this world impacts the spiritual as well. And it’s not limited to a physical action, it also includes even the world of thoughts. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 142 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
How can you create true unity? After all, some of us are leaders while others are followers. What could human beings of such wide spectrum of social standing possibly have in common?
The answer is given by a great man who said, “Firstly, who is to say, who is ultimately higher on the ladder of achievement? Appearances can be deceiving and we tend to over-evaluate ourselves while under-evaluating others.
“Secondly,” he continued, “even if we had evaluated ourselves correctly, just because we excel at one particular aspect of life doesn’t mean that there are no other aspects others exceed us. Everyone is a leader in some way. Therefore, our collective success depends on every person’s unique contribution to the world. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 141 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Is there someone in your life with whom you’ve had a misunderstanding? A fight? A dispute? Or even a grudge you’re holding against that person?
Why not make up?
Would it be different if that person was not well? Or you heard that this person was possibly dying? How would you feel?
Making up is one more reason why the world was created with a certain amount of time. We are each given so many days to live. Days to do good and days to do great things. When days come where we do things which are either inappropriate or inadvertently wrong, then we need to forgive and forget. Especially if that wrong has been done to us. One doesn’t decide what happens to him but one does decide what he wants to do with what happens to him. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 140 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There is one character trait that is so beautiful and particular to the refinement of your life, and that is patience.
Many people say, “What does patience have to say and what does patience have to do with me?”
Patience says so much about a person. It describes how confident they are in their life and how sure they are of the results of their activities. By taking a minute and realizing that everything in this world has its place and has its time by using the character trait of patience, you will see so much in your life, that other people cannot.
The key indeed to everything is patience. It says that you get the chicken by waiting for the egg to hatch, not by smashing it. Have you ever heard that expression? It is true; if you smash it, you’ll never see that chicken. But if you are patient and you let it happen, you’ll see what comes out. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 139 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
The Japanese are masterful in developing tiny, dwarf trees. These trees, which would normally grow sixteen or seventeen feet tall, grow only a few inches high.
How? By removing them from their soil, snipping off their buds, and using micro-fertilization, these little trees stay very small and grow just a few inches high.
I ask you this question; how is your mind? What are you doing to it?
If you take it away from its strength and its connection to G-dliness, goodness, holiness, and greatness you would be the same as these miniature trees. Why take it away and keep it away from fertilization?
The fertilization in this case, is the goodness of things that you do, things that you have, people that you know, and the lessons that you learn.
Why would you do this? Why would you, at any given time, give all of it away? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 138 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Your home should be a place where there are no ambiguities. A place where you can feel good about yourself and everything that’s around you. Where capabilities, dreams, passion, belief, strength, are all there to help you replenish your enthusiasm and remove any doubts. And that is where you resolve your dreams.
That’s your home. Make it the place where serenity and harmony reside – all the time. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 137 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I once heard a story about the Chinese, who have a tale about a little fish. The story goes like this:
There was once a little fish who overheard one fisherman say to another, “Have you ever stopped to think how essential water is to life? Why, without water our earth would dry up, and everything in it would die. All the living things would stop to exist.”
Now the little fish, who heard this, became panic stricken. He said, “Why, if this is the truth, and this comes from men who have higher understanding… I must find water immediately! If not, I could also die!”
The little fish in dread of what would happen frantically started swimming around everywhere and asking everyone around him where he could find this water that was so precious to life. No one had ever heard the word before, or no one had ever asked that question. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 136 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There is a story told about a young child who was spending a vacation on a farm. He had been raised in the city and he did not know much. He was shown a hen sitting on a nest of eggs and told that someday a little chicken, small chicks, would actually come out from each one of those eggs. Now you can imagine, the child at this time was delighted and so excited.
This was a dramatic idea and every single morning he rushed to the hen to find out if the eggs had hatched. He was looking for the miracle-day every single morning. With great anticipation, he would run to the hen, but every day that passed, nothing happened. The eggs still looked exactly the same.
Over time, the boy’s face waned and he became disappointed. One day he gave up hope all together, and he told himself that he had been deceived and nothing would ever happen. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 135 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
It was written that when you see the stars, each one moves along its own prescribed path with precision impossible to attain in any mechanism constructed by man.
When you see a seed grow and turn into a tree, or a baby develop into a self-directed human individuality, can you believe or even say that this is the result of a haphazard happening? That would seem so ludicrous. Such belief is beyond comprehension that it doesn’t make any sense.
Once, a 16th century physician said, “We human beings are walking drugstores. In the human being there is a present, invisible physician who produces, prescribes, dispenses, and administers suitable remedies as occasions commence. Had He not created these internal remedies, notwithstanding all the experts of all our physicians, not a single creature of the earth would remain alive.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 134 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
So many people are searching… Searching everywhere for happiness, guidance, and information.
It’s interesting that in our modern civilization, where everyone could have their own individuality, many people depend on others and what’s around them to make up the information that they gather, which shapes their own individuality.
Now people use radio, television, advertising, newspapers, and the internet. The information highway is so diversified and people use whatever means there are available to search for happiness. Most people don’t even form their own value to find real happiness. Some people don’t even know where to look. (more…)
