Daily Wisdom Motivational Podcast

There’s an interesting idea about helping others and helping them for an altruistic way. Let me give you an example.

In your own life, are you a slave to your own mind that tells you what to do or do you define yourself? You have the option in any given time to make that decision. Now, it may be harsh to say but this professor, a doctor, was schizophrenic and that was truly a disease, a debilitating disease, but in our own lives, we have similarities. Do we let the forces that entice us to do things which are improper define us, or do we define them? Are we in charge or are they in charge? Think about that. You must define yourself.

How do you fill up a glass? Well, one way is to, for some people, use a garden hose and the pressure that comes out from the garden hose is so powerful, that will actually make it overflow and never fill up the glass, or at least only a very small amount. Another way is to use a faucet. Even if it’s dripping, one drop at a time. This will fill up the glass. So to fill up a glass, there are two conditions. Number one, that the glass has to be empty. Second, that the pressure of the water that you are applying to fill up the glass has to be moderated and gentle so that you can actually fill it up to the level that you wish.

When you have a strong desire in your heart and something is pushing you to do things which are not appropriate or that you feel they are not good, and certainly not good to you or perhaps even to those around you, you have to ask yourself a question. Don’t judge yourself at that moment, just ask the question: “Who am I” and “What is my purpose in this world?”

There’s a story of a person who passed away and when they got to heaven, they cried in front of the Creator saying that they didn’t get what they wanted while they were on earth. The Creator asked that person, “But you didn’t ask for these things,” and it occurred to that person that the remark was true.

In order to receive, you must ask.

I’m sure you’ve heard the term “perfectionism”. They are called OCD, over Compulsive Disorder. Everything has to be perfect, everything has to be done exactly this way and not that way. The truth is, perfectionism is a good thing when you’re trying to prepare a paper. You want it be good, you want to be perfect.

Now, to be stuck by the fact that there are some issues with it, that will be something different.

I was speaking to a friend once who said that they regretted, not having spent more time with their family members.

I ask you the question: Are you missing or regretting? See, there’s a big difference. Missing, means you wish those times would come again because you enjoyed them and you cherish them. You keep them as a memory, something which will stay with you at all times. Regretting, is different. It is when you feel as though the opportunity passed and you were never able to make up what you needed.

There’s a concept called “negative self-talk”. Something that we use to bash ourselves; something that we blame ourselves with or carry as guilt because of something we were not able to do at the time. And that is real; people find themselves stuck in situations. They can’t move forward, they realize they made a mistake or there’s something they can’t do, and they say, I just can’t do it. I messed up. My life is miserable. I will never be able to do the right thing. I will never be able to move forward.

Here is a disease, a condition which I believe must be avoided at all costs and that is envy. You see, to be envious of others means taking away the right from your life to be happy. We’re all stuck in that concept at times. We’re going around assuming that others have a better life, more money, they’re happier, they have more of everything materially, spiritually, physically, socially, economically, in every aspect. This envy takes away from you the opportunity to live a truly genuine unadulterated life. Why be envious?

I wanted to do a research about geniuses, those who are really nice by the world for being special, different, and clearly defined as geniuses. And it is interesting. The study I found, stated geniuses had routines, things that were common among these special people.