Change is hard, but often necessary.
As they say, “adapt or die.”
Of course, you can change when you stop:
Take control of your life: change yourself before life bites back at you (and maybe hard).
We’ve got to slay our own demons not only outside, but inside. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “True Self is Helping Others.”
The Rebbe’s message was that self-improvement was really about helping others! All the changes we commit to around the Jewish New Year and make in ourselves is not really about us, but rather about us being able to develop ourselves in order to “give it all away” to help others. Too often, people think in terms of self-help, self-improvement, where everything is sort of in terms, well, ourselves–my looks, my degrees, my career, my bank account, my family, and so on. However, people should not lose sight that everything that Hashem gives us is really for a higher spiritual purpose, for giving to others or “paying it forward.”
In this vein, we learn Torah not just for the sake of learning, but rather in order to actually do Mitzvot! Rabbi Kaplan explained that the Rebbe would make each and every person feel special and important. Why? Because by building up the individual, each could then go out and build up the world. And this is one of the reasons that I love and respect Chabad so much—from my experience, people like Rabbi Kaplan and Chabad in general, are all about living this life lesson from the Rebbe and giving, giving, and then giving some more in order to really improve the Jewish community globally and by extension the world.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
I thought this was a great message on self-reliance.
As they say, take the bull by the horns.
Stop waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel, and light it up yourself.
You have to do you part and G-d will do His!
(Source Photo: A Friend)
Those legs look comfy in the chair.
Cross, uncross, cross.
Of course, the dress pants and shoes aren’t so comfortable.
Do clothes really make the wo/man?
Here, there’s no real clothes or should I say person to speak of.
Clothes is better than a fig leaf for Adam and Eve.
Much of clothing is just “look your best” and try to “feel good” vanity.
The soul is what really makes the person. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This is an awesome potential lifesaving solution for getting out of a burning multi-story building.
In an emergency…
Put on and fasten the SkySaver Rescue Device..
Attach it securely to a pre-installed anchor.
Now for this next part, you need some guts…exit and lower safely via an automatic mechanical breaking system for a controlled descent (hope this works).
Carries up to 300 lbs from as high as 260 feet (and apparently a story is approx. 10 feet although this varies).
I am not endorsing any vendor or product or giving advice on how to survive in an emergency like this, but I really like the thinking behind this product:
Self-Help
Portable
Compact
Life-saving
Great idea! 😉
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