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JOT general
Your Tefillah can change Hashem’s plans.
Tefillah is a request, יהי רצון “May it be Hashem’s will” that we have healing, health, or whatever it is that we need. Yes, we can ask Hashem to change His will. Hashem’s Ratzon/Will is like a “garment”; it doesn’t change the essence of the one wearing it. Our life, our future and all that
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A relationship is only as happy as its least happy member.
Just as a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a relationship is only as happy as its least happy member. It is worthwhile to pay attention to your spouse’s happiness level (in life in general, not only about happiness in the marriage). Of course, you can’t make someone happy; their happiness depends
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Things don’t go as planned. That is the plan.
Things don’t go as planned. Instead of fighting it, make that part of the plan. Things will take longer than expected. Interruptions happen. You can’t control other people’s schedules or work. So many unexpected things can happen. Factors beyond your control change. When things don’t go as planned, you can get new information. That new
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Tefillah is not about changing Hashem’s plans; it’s about changing yourself.
Tefillah is not about getting Hashem to listen to your pain and your wants and needs. It is about you saying these things to Hashem – so that you hear yourself saying your own tefillos. Through Tefillah to Hashem, we are acknowledging that Hashem has a Master Plan for us and that we should tune
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Feeling bad? Use that to spark your change.
Making mistakes is all part of the human experience. We all do things, say things, make choices that don’t lead to our best potential. And then we feel bad about it. Contemplate on what that feeling is telling you. What do you now recognize you could have done differently? What did you learn about something
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Powerlessness is all your head.
The problem with feeling powerless is that it squashes our innate desire and potential to change and improve ourselves and the situations we are in. Powerlessness isn’t a feeling. It’s not an emotion like fear, hurt, anger, sadness, or joy. Although we might use the words, ‘I feel powerless’, powerlessness is really a thought. It’s
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Courage: Acting even when afraid.
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courageous people do feel fear, but they are able to manage and overcome their fear so that it does not stop them taking action. No one wants to feel uncomfortable. So, sometimes we put off facing uncomfortable emotions or doing what we know we ought to do –
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Start your day by surrendering
מודה אני לפניךThe simplest definition of Modeh is gratitude and thankfulness. We start our day with gratitude. Modeh also means admit, acknowledge, surrender. We start our day by acknowledging to ourselves and to Hashem that we need Him. (It’s the very first words we say in the morning – even before we mention about ourselves
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Say ‘No’ to the good, so you can say ‘Yes’ to the best.
You won’t have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. “Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.” – John C. Maxwell There are so many wonderful things you could be spending your time and energy on. They are all good
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