“Think good and it will be good”

We very much underestimate
The power
Of positive thought

Such power in positive thoughts

All the more so
In positive speech, In positive action
Such as writing down
Positive thoughts
Can do wonders
For the good health
Of body & soul

beautiful, thanks!

Good Shabbos

A Poem I saw this morning....


We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between:
A man who flatters her
-and a man who compliments her.

A man who spends money on her
-and a man who invests in her.

A man who views her as property
-and a man who views her properly.

A man who lusts after her
-and a man who loves her.

A man who believes he is God's gift to women
-and a man who remembers a woman was God's gift to man

.. and then teach our boys to be that man.

have a K'sivah V'Chasimah Tovah everyone

may there be only blessing in your lives,both physically and spiritually.

and may Hashem grant us all true inner Simcha do that we can serve our Creator with joy and yishuv hadaas

amen!

thank you for bringing us so much wisdom beauty and sound advice

a ksiva vechasima tovah and a shnas geula viyeshua

Strife in a home
Is very distressing
Tears the very fabric
Of healthy family life

Strife can easily
Spiral downwards
To the point
Of being completely
Out of control
Bursting violently
Via the sword
Of the vengeful tongue

Strife devastates

First step
Is to pray to God
To help remove
Strife from our homes
And hearts

Ask him for advice
Requesting help in removing
Strife
From our home
From our hearts

Learning Torah
Every day
Every night
Is the vessel
That draws the
Both physical & spiritual blessing
Into one’s life

The sooner you fashion and form
This vessel
Of consistent Torah study,
The earlier
These abundant gifts
Will come to you

The larger you make
The vessel
Quantitatively and Qualitatively
So will increase
The inflow of acceptance
To the healing and joyful blessing
From above

Faith,
Trust in God
Is not a matter
Of the intellect

It’s not an abstract idea

Faith infuses our daily
Our innermost being
Every single day

God creating and running this world
Is not just an interesting
Piece of information

It’s related to you
Personally
Directly

Trust in God
Prevents a killer
From entering your life

That murderer has a name
It’s called “Worry”

Trust in God
Also brings into your life
A trusted friend
It’s name is “Simcha”

True inner Joy

beautiful!

Focusing on externals
Viewing primarily
The seen landscape
Tends to overshadow
The inherent beautiful structure
Of one’s abode
Creating the ultimate slow deterioration
That will occur
To the hyper focused “external” home 
Over the course of time

Home not meant as a display
For others who walk by it
Or who have a tour within it
To admire and perhaps envy
Its external beauty

It’s for the true person
Who creates their home
As a sacred place
A private abode
Of happiness and contentment

So as one designs his home
His primary focus
Is on internal real beauty
Unique to his own calling
A true expression
To the home deep within his soul

This home is created
Enhanced, beautified
By the revelation
Of the pure essence
Within his private domain
Infusing it
With an internal beauty
That no architect can design
No contractor can build
For their work
As impressive as it may seem
Are mere externals
An empty shell

Until the one who lives within those walls
Brings forth his inner light
Into a home
That can only be called his own 

:-) really nice

Physical distance
Does not separate
A soul connection

Deep within
The soul connect
With all of her soul-root
No matter where
The physical bodies reside

And yet there is great power
In the physical union
Of connecting souls

This is the specialness
Of a minyan of Jews
Praying together
Or working together
In charity and kindness

Husband and wife
Have a powerful soul connection
That transcends time and space
So that even when physically apart
The intrinsic union exists
On the most deepest level

And yet
This union’s intensity and power
Its bond and its love
Is very deeply felt
By the actual physical closeness
And more often than not
It’s that physical intimacy
That is needed
To open up
The hidden beauty of the soul
Sharing its deepest self with one another 

Not to be a nezem chazir be'af zahav, but I must say here that as truly as I feel your words and as deeply as my heart jumps to live them always and forever....I am still mesugal to try and jump right into the lowest porn and sexual acting out just to get the poorest, most pathetic substitute for the real thing.

And I have done it thousands of times.

I love what you wrote here, though, and try to remember to talk about your words at the table tonight iy"H. I will be surrounded by normal people then, so it will be very apropos.

Dov,my friend

what is the most special is often the most abused

but that doesn't mean that it always have to be this way

especially in the life and home that God has given you