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by Rabbi Noach Weinberg
- Torah is not a history book.
It is Toras Chaim literally "Instructions for Living"
God's Manual on how to fulfill our potential and get the most out of life. - Happiness is choosing to take pleasure in what you have.
The natural state of every human being is joy
We learn how to make ourselves miserable.
When people say "You will grow up"
What they really mean is "You'll give up like I did"
The opposite of pain is no pain (i.e. comfort)
Equating comfort with pleasure is the definition of decadence. - Infatuation is blind
Love is a magnifying glass
Who loves you more than anyone in the whole world?
Your parents
Who knows your faults better than anyone in the whole world?
Your parents
Love is the pleasure of focusing on the virtues of another.
It is a greater pleasure to love than to be loved.
So why spend so much energy on gaining the approval of others?
Work on loving them instead. - If you don't know what you are willing to die for, you haven't
really begun to live.
If being good is worth dying for, then it is worth living for.
And if it is worth dying and living for, then it is certainly worth enjoying.
The essence of wisdom is to know yourself.
The essence of free will is to choose to be a soul, not a body.
The battle is to do what your soul wants, not what your body feels like doing.
The battle for life is a battle for sanity.
The key to greatness is doing a spiritual accounting.
Everyday, set aside time to ask yourself:
What am I living for?
What do I need to change?
Judaism isn't all or nothing
Every mitzvah is a gold mine.
Every effort is a success, even if you don't see the results. - We all want greatness
No one says: "I wish to be mediocre"
Everyone harbors the secret desire to save the world.
The Talmud says that every person must say "The world was created just for me"
That means each of us is responsible for the entire world. To say: "I can't" is idolatry
If the Almighty helps us, we can change the world And if he doesn't help, we can't do anything. - There are no accidents
The Almighty is always sending us messages,
And He's a very articulate teacher.
God is our father in Heaven
Like a father, all he wants is for us to get the maximum pleasure in life.
7 Principles of trusting G-d:
a) The Creator of the universe loves me more than anyone in the world possibly can.
b) G_d understands me even better than I understand myself. He hurts with all my hurts, and wants to help.
c) G-d has the power to give me anything I want.
d) There is no other power in the universe other than G-d. No one can interfere; only He can grant me success and give what I want.
e) The Almighty has given me in the past far more than what I could even imagine asking for.
f) Like a loving father, G-d generously gives even if I don't deserve it - as long as it's ultimately good for me.
g) The almighty knows what is best for me. Everything He does is only for my good.
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