(א) בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹקִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ב) וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹקִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ג) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹקִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃ (ד) וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹקִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹקִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ה) וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹקִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ (פ)
(1) When God began to create heaven and earth— (2) the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water— (3) God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. (4) God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. (5) God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.
Lesson 1: Life is light. Life is good!
Lesson 2: But there's often darkness before light.
Life is a mixture of night and day.
So Tip #1) Accept that Sadness is a part of life: It's Part of you being a human being.
Don't judge your emotions. Observe them as you would observe an animal or a tree.
One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.
-Antoine De Saint Exupery
Tal Shachar:
Accept the emotion, and it will flow through.
Don't deny the negative emotion you are feeling.
Don't repress it, or it will come back in a worse way.
R' Pliskin's key to life.
Remember: Thoughts Run Through You, they are not you.-
Lesson 2: But there's often darkness before light.
Life is a mixture of night and day.
So Tip #1) Accept that Sadness is a part of life: It's Part of you being a human being.
Don't judge your emotions. Observe them as you would observe an animal or a tree.
One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.
-Antoine De Saint Exupery
Tal Shachar:
Accept the emotion, and it will flow through.
Don't deny the negative emotion you are feeling.
Don't repress it, or it will come back in a worse way.
R' Pliskin's key to life.
Remember: Thoughts Run Through You, they are not you.-
(כה) דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃
(25) If there is anxiety in a man’s mind let him quash it, And turn it into joy with a good word.
(משלי יב, כה) דאגה בלב איש ישחנה רבי אמי ורבי אסי חד אמר ישחנה מדעתו וחד אמר ישיחנה לאחרים.
§ The Gemara explains another verse in Proverbs: “If there is care in a man’s heart, let him quash it [yashḥena]” (Proverbs 12:25). Rabbi Ami and Rabbi Asi dispute the verse’s meaning. One said: He should forcefully push it [yasḥena] out of his mind. One who worries should banish his concerns from his thoughts. And one said: It means he should tell [yesiḥena] others his concerns, which will lower his anxiety.
Get to the real root of the problem!
Overindulging in physicaliy is often blocking true joy!
Overindulging in physicaliy is often blocking true joy!
Tony Robbins
Emotions are not bad. They are messages for change. Either to change our actions or our standards.
Ask yourself why I'm really feeling what I'm really feeling and name the emotion.
For example: Depression is often a message to re-prioritize what's important and then do something.
And remember: Emotions are caused by your thoughts.
Change your thoughts and you can change your emotions! (Inside Out Psychology)
Tip 3: Feed Your Mind:
For example: Emunah Daily's
Guard your Mind
"Shoftim Veshotfim Teeten Lecha"
Get Role Models!
Tip 4 Take Massive Physical Action
Show your Mind that you can put mind over matter
Tip 5: Feed Your Soul
Gratitude, Prayer, song.
Emotions are not bad. They are messages for change. Either to change our actions or our standards.
Ask yourself why I'm really feeling what I'm really feeling and name the emotion.
For example: Depression is often a message to re-prioritize what's important and then do something.
And remember: Emotions are caused by your thoughts.
Change your thoughts and you can change your emotions! (Inside Out Psychology)
Tip 3: Feed Your Mind:
For example: Emunah Daily's
Guard your Mind
"Shoftim Veshotfim Teeten Lecha"
Get Role Models!
Tip 4 Take Massive Physical Action
Show your Mind that you can put mind over matter
Tip 5: Feed Your Soul
Gratitude, Prayer, song.
Tip 7: Fall Up!
-Anne Harbison: Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Michael Jordan: I've failed over and over again and that is why I succeed.
Thomas Edison: I've failed his way to success.
Two salesman were sent to Africa in the early 1900's to assess opportunities. They wired separate telegrams back to their boss. One read "Situation hopeless. They don't wear shoes." The other read: "Glorious opportunity! They don't have any shoes yet."
-Anne Harbison: Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Michael Jordan: I've failed over and over again and that is why I succeed.
Thomas Edison: I've failed his way to success.
Two salesman were sent to Africa in the early 1900's to assess opportunities. They wired separate telegrams back to their boss. One read "Situation hopeless. They don't wear shoes." The other read: "Glorious opportunity! They don't have any shoes yet."
How we perceive the situation will effect our responses
Research by Joe Tamaka illustrates how we can affect our psychological and physiological reactions to a situation by the way we react to it.
In one study, two groups of students were given the same math test. The first test was told that the task was "difficult mental arithemetic" and were instructed to complete it efficiently and quickly. Not surprisingly their reaction was to experience the test as threatening. The second group were told that the mental arithemetic was challenging, and that they should try to do their best. Unlike the 1st group: the 2nd group experienced the test as challenging. The 2nd group was calmer, more creative and actually performed better than the members of the first group who evaluated the same situation as a threat.
On every mental map after crisis or adversity, there are three paths. One that keeps circling around where you currently are (the negative even that creates no change) Another mental path leads you toward further negative consequences. And one-the third path that leads us from failure to a place where we are more capable from before the fall.
For example most women diagnosed with breast cancer come out with more compassion for others, openness, and even, eventually, overall life satisfaction.
Research by Joe Tamaka illustrates how we can affect our psychological and physiological reactions to a situation by the way we react to it.
In one study, two groups of students were given the same math test. The first test was told that the task was "difficult mental arithemetic" and were instructed to complete it efficiently and quickly. Not surprisingly their reaction was to experience the test as threatening. The second group were told that the mental arithemetic was challenging, and that they should try to do their best. Unlike the 1st group: the 2nd group experienced the test as challenging. The 2nd group was calmer, more creative and actually performed better than the members of the first group who evaluated the same situation as a threat.
On every mental map after crisis or adversity, there are three paths. One that keeps circling around where you currently are (the negative even that creates no change) Another mental path leads you toward further negative consequences. And one-the third path that leads us from failure to a place where we are more capable from before the fall.
For example most women diagnosed with breast cancer come out with more compassion for others, openness, and even, eventually, overall life satisfaction.
Rebbi Nachman on Sadness
The difference between Sadness and Depression
"Don't Give Up"-R' Nachman of Breslov
Your running away? Good. Don't run away. Run to. Run to the One. Run to the Only one.
There are two kinds of sadness. There is marirut, which is bitterness, which is living sadness. and there is atzvut, which is dead sadness.
Sometimes you cry and you look out the window and say, "Oh, those disgusting creatures, walking down the street." With this kind of crying, G-d can't look at you either.
The difference between Sadness and Depression
"Don't Give Up"-R' Nachman of Breslov
Your running away? Good. Don't run away. Run to. Run to the One. Run to the Only one.
There are two kinds of sadness. There is marirut, which is bitterness, which is living sadness. and there is atzvut, which is dead sadness.
Sometimes you cry and you look out the window and say, "Oh, those disgusting creatures, walking down the street." With this kind of crying, G-d can't look at you either.
Tal Shachar:
Accept the emotion, and it will flow through.
Don't deny the negative emotion you are feeling.
Don't repress it, or it will come back in a worse way.
Accept the emotion, and it will flow through.
Don't deny the negative emotion you are feeling.
Don't repress it, or it will come back in a worse way.
R Friedman:
The obligation to be happy is davka (specifically) when you're not feeling happy!
The obligation to be happy is davka (specifically) when you're not feeling happy!
Who is the rich man? the one who is happy with his lot
Hakol Letovah- It's all for the best
Thank Hashem for the good...
Life is a test!
Don't waste life worrying. Have emunah!
"Now what?" Don't focus on the problem, focus on the solutions!
Focus on negative and you will be sad. Think positive. Sefer HAMIDOS!
It's all about your perspective on the situation.
Robert Kennedy: Only those who fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Hakol Letovah- It's all for the best
Thank Hashem for the good...
Life is a test!
Don't waste life worrying. Have emunah!
"Now what?" Don't focus on the problem, focus on the solutions!
Focus on negative and you will be sad. Think positive. Sefer HAMIDOS!
It's all about your perspective on the situation.
Robert Kennedy: Only those who fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.