Daily Wisdom Motivational Podcast

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?”

You only go beyond your limiting beliefs when you realize that you are the one responsible for your life. The most important relationship that you can have is with yourself. Stop hindering your growth and success? When your thoughts are to G-d, then your world will become so much better when you are in charge.

Remember these two things: Guarding, and working. Do so continuously, with every fiber of your body. Put everything that you’ve got into this and your life will change, and so will everybody else’s.

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.

It is true that times change. During the passage of time, many, many new things happen, but not the values of being patient, committed, motivated, and being a good person. All this will never change so stick to your values. Once you understand those values, make yourself the best that you can be. Stick to them with a vengeance, and don’t let anyone or anything stand in your way.

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?

Next time you meet someone you love, or someone you like, this is all they want from you. A moment of your time. But, during the time they are spending with you, it should be entirely about both of you.

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.”

Sometimes a person faces a challenge, and they ask the questions:

Why is this challenge happening to me?

Why are things the way they are?

Why is it not exactly the way that I want it to be, or that I wish it to be?

I once asked my own father, “Why do things happen the way they do?”

There is an interesting concept that when a philosopher sees a miracle, he will look for a natural explanation. The reason for is because as a philosopher, he has to form a belief based on knowledge, understanding, and a vision of what he sees and can comprehend with his mind. Yet, when a truly gifted person, a special soul, sees a miracle and they see nature, they see no comparisons whatsoever, and no difference whatsoever.

When you look at nature, you have to look for the miracle within nature.