#62
If we crave something real, then when we actually achieve it we can be content. But if what we are craving is not real, then even if we do achieve it we are not content, because we did not really get anything.

Dave M wrote on 10 Sep 2019 13:14:

It's actually relevant in all of life. These are truly words of wisdom and very well stated. Once we grow up and are into chasing the good things in life, we get lost in the chase and so does our natural childish happiness. We so badly want what we don't have that we forget to enjoy what we do have, to enjoy life's simple daily joys. We can also be weighed down by our possessions and responsibilities, even our accomplishments. All those things we 'added' to our lives can actually rob us of that childish easy, happy go lucky mentality. So, to 'get back' to natural happiness we may need to let go of some of these. This is how I understand this quote, at least.

#63
​Our problem is not that we can't change, our problem is that we don't believe that we can change.

#64
If we are not willing to work and change ourselves, then our problems can be endless and we can be helpless. But if we are willing to get to work and change, then with Hashems help nothing will stop us!

#65
We ask Hashem to except us as we are, and give us what we need, and Hashem is asking us to except whatever He has in plan for us. The more we learn to except His will, the more we will learn to see how He excepts us no matter what.

gyehelp2017 wrote on 16 Sep 2019 13:57:

Accept x 4

#66
AMAZING means, taking ones ability's and using them the best you can. PERFECT means, taking ones ability's and using them the best someone else can. Don't forget, we don't have to be perfect to be amazing!

#67
How can we not feel good about ourselves when we know that Hashem wants our sobriety even more than we do. And when He wants something it's for real. So yes, our struggle might be hard, but knowing that Hashem is looking out for us and wants every bit of our hard work, makes it so much easier.

#68
Just when the caterpillar thought it's world is over, it became a butterfly. We are never put through challenges so that our world should come to an end, Hashem puts us through tough times so that we can transform and become something so much greater than before.

#69
Even when our children are doing bad stuff we still love them, we might not like what they are doing, but our love for THEM will never go away, because they are OURS. Even when we do stuff that Hashem does not want us to do He still love us, He might not like what we are doing, but the love for US will never go away, because we are HIS.

#70
Happy people don't always have exactly what they want, they make the best of everything they have. Having struggles is not something we want, but if that's the battle Hashem wants us to fight, then lets be like proud soldiers and do what's wanted from us.

#71
Lets remember these ideas, and life will be so much better. "Its never too late to change", "no good thing we did are to small", and "no bad thing we did are too big".

#72
Some people actually grow from their life struggles, while others........... just don't see the growth yet.

#73
If only we would know and believe how precious we are to Hashem, we would never doubt that Hashem forgives us, no matter what we did and how much we did.

#74
The bigger our expectations are, the smaller are our chance to achieve happiness. The bigger our acceptance is, the bigger the chance for happiness.