You’re Not the Boss of Me
We have a not always properly functioning pause button or filter that inhibits a negative thought from becoming a hurtful word or action. Be it a thought that may be hurtful to ourselves and/or others. Constantly attempting to improve its functioning is one of our challenges.
Ultimately we have control over what we do with those thoughts. Where we don’t have total control are the thoughts that enter our mind. Recent studies estimate that on average 70,000 thoughts enter our mind in a day. We can improve our ability to stay positive and optimistic by filtering those thoughts from becoming action.
We can also debate and refute those thoughts. Debating those thoughts is healthy. We can confront those thoughts by telling them that they are wrong, and why, and then re-framing them. Tell them “You’re not the boss of me”. The more we perform this exercise, the more the 70,000 will be elevating thoughts.
“You become what you think, even if you don’t think so.” – Morris Mandel
“He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.” – Anwar Sadat
Part of Our Inner-Speak series
A Soul Elevating Quote
“We suffer under the constraints of our habits simply because we had them yesterday. We are slaves to the ingrained pathways of our lives and our world; because we are too busy dusting the covers of our Book of Life to read its pages.” – The Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Beauty Tips For the New Year
It is said that inner beauty radiates outward. All of us are beautiful human beings, whether we are beautiful people, for all to see (now or yet) depends on how transcendent we allow our inner-self or souls to be. Deep down we all possess those qualities that makes us beautiful human beings and potentially beautiful people. For some it is hidden deeper and for some it is closer to the surface. The way to bring it to the surface starts with the attitude and the desire to dig. Knowing that the inner-self is the pure and giving one, we can reach it quicker by acting as though we are already there.
“Sometimes a woman is happy because she is pretty; sometimes she is pretty because she is happy.” – Rabbi Abraham Twersky
Beauty Tips
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.” – Sam Levenson
Olive Oil and Your Purpose
Chanukah, the miracle of light, celebrates the olive oil burning for eight days bringing light to the darkness. Of all the special qualities of a pretty and delicious olive, its essence is found in its oil when lit and its light is revealed. In order to release its essence, the olive must first be crushed. So too in our lives, we sometimes feel crushed – by pain and suffering, loss, struggle and disappointment – and just like the olive, it is then that our essence can be revealed. It is in those moments that we may find our true purpose and with it bring our light to the world.
Adapted from a teaching of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, The Rebbe
Happy Holidays
You Don’t Have To Be Jewish (But You Can Eat Latkes)
Chanukah begins Tuesday night. It is a celebration of many miracles, from the victory of a small band of men fighting for their religious freedom against a very large and well equipped army to a small amount of oil lasting for eight days. The miracle of the oil represents the victory of light over darkness. At nighttime, Jews place their lit Menorahs in doorways or windows to bring light to the dark street and to all who see it. On the Menorah is a head candle called the Shamash which is used to light all the other candles. A candle lights other candles without losing any of its own light. Each of us can be like the Shamash and bring light to all whose lives we come into contact with. We differ from the candle in that when we light others we actually shine brighter. We all have that power through acts of goodness, kindness, and charity.
“Light vanquishes the darkness.” – Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, The Rebbe
“From one burning candle many candles are lit, yet its own light is not diminished.” – Numbers 11:17
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