When we start seeing

We reach an important landmark in our personal growth and development when we start seeing the wellbeing of others as our wellbeing, the success of others as our success. (Based on VaYikra 19.18)

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Be Happy

How can we become extremely wealthy -- richer even than the great billionaires? The solution lies in a two-word formula: be happy.True, this is easier said than done. Still, it's not that hard to be happy -- it's not impossible. What we need is to enjoy life -- as it is -- now.In other words, our toast may burn, or we may have no toast at all -- worse, our health, physical and/or financial may suffer -- worse, a horrible, cruel war may storm around us -- still, we can choose to be happy. And in being absolutely, totally happy, we have all that the world has to offer us.This doesn't mean that we do nothing to change our present. We may need to run, we may need to fight, we may need to call out -- still we can be happy. We can be happy with all that we are and all that we have, now.

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Every life situation...

Every life situation teaches and helps us to adjust our lives a little. This, we hope, is only and always for the better.

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To make our world...

We can focus our efforts to make our world all-okay. Or, we can turn to the Creator to make our world all-okay. Or, we can try, somehow, to combine the two together.

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To see...

To see destruction and tragedy all around us, is to destroy ourselves, and our lives. To see wonders and goodness around us, is to become ourselves wonderful, good people. (Based on Esther 8.6)

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Lessons...

Life wants us to improve ourselves. For this reason, it sends us lessons. If we learn and adopt for ourselves these lessons, good. If not, we need to hear them again. (Mishle 17.10)

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An Example...

The greatest gift we can give to others is to be a good example to them. (Heard)

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