Dr. Dahan's Daily Wisdom - Motivational Podcast

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 37 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Have you ever wondered how many people read the newspapers every day? Why do you think they read the newspaper? Is it to find out about life? Or news about other countries? About politics? New developments? Why is that? There are people who wake up in the morning, and as soon as they rise they listen to the radio to hear the latest news. Then they hurry to get the paper so they can read all of the details memorizing the names of all the personalities, and all the details that they’ve read. Then they go back to the radio to ensure that what they’ve read is updated on every single detail that they may have missed. If you want to find out about the news and you are interested in the world’s development, why not just read the headlines? You would be better off this way. You must feed your dreams but starve your fears - not the other way around. You would have a much better day if you were to follow this advice. Did you enjoy the motivat

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 147 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Often, people are so concerned about directives and rules. They hear the term “conform” and are unhappy about it. They say, "Why should I conform? Why should I follow the rules?" The truth is, one way or the other, a person will have to conform with rules. That's just the way the world is set up. One or the other person will have to follow the right way. Might as well do it now. If you think about it, there's no question that each and every one of us have to follow certain rules. Now when we were young, there are rules at school. We learn to follow what the teacher wants us to do and what we're supposed to, and follow all of the directives that we're given. As we grow older, we realize that in order for us to drive or to have a job, or to earn a living, or to be married, or to have children, or start a company, or do whatever we want to do, there are directives and rules that we have to follow. For instance, you don't need to

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 146 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond You may have heard of the great electrical engineer, Charles Steinmetz. He was once asked, “In what line of research would see the greatest development in the next many years?” Instead of mentioning some line of electrical application, he said the following, "There is a force which history clearly teaches us to accept as being one of the greatest power in the development of man and history, yet we have merely been playing with it and have never seriously studied it as we have the physical forces.” Someday people will learn that material things don’t bring happiness and are of little use in making men and women creative and powerful. Then the scientists of the world will turn the laboratories over to the study of G-d and prayer. The spiritual forces have hardly been touched. When this day comes, the world will see more advancements in one generation than it has in the past 50 to 80 years. Isn’t this incredible? Science is not the an

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 145 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond A couple of days ago, I drove by a street and was taken aback by what I saw. On the sidewalk, on all four corners, from one side of the street to the other, instead of having just those parallel lines where the pedestrians walk, I actually saw keyboards. Someone, in a genuine and unadulterated manner, but in such a beautiful way, had drawn piano keys. The full keyboards on all sidewalks. As you go around and see the cross street on one side sidewalk to the other, instead of walking between parallel lines and just blank asphalt, you actually walked on piano keys. Then, I saw something very interesting: on each side of the street was a young boy that kept waiting for the light to turn red and then he would run back and forth as though he was playing the keyboards using his feet, making music. I thought this was so original. I'm not sure exactly who came up with this idea but it's quite unique. If you think about it, who would take

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 144 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond G-d Almighty, Master of the universe, King of all kings, Ruler of the world, I thank You. I thank You that I am standing here today and everything I will say will be like nothing in comparison to how much I truly need to thank You. For everything, I need to thank You, because everything is from You. I thank You for the things that are in this world. Thinking on the countless times that You’ve helped me, You supported me, You saved me, You made me happy, You healed me, You watched over me, You encouraged me. Thank You for always being there with me. Thank You for giving me the strength to do good deeds, and the strength to pray. Thank You for all the times You’ve helped me and I did not know how to say, “Thank You”. Thank You for the kindness You do for me every second of the day, and thank You for helping me breathe freely. Also, for the things that I don’t have. I know that sometimes there are things that are difficult for me or,

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 143 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Have you ever thought about the shadows that are out there? Depending on the time of the day and the sun’s location in the sky, the very same object’s shadow will be either short and fat or tall and thin. This is fascinating because, since your shadow is always with you, it is a built-in compass. As long as you are not in a forest, or a city full of skyscrapers, it is there. Following you wherever you go. Just as the movement of a person’s body is reflected and magnified in his shadow, every step of our conduct in this world arouses spiritual forces of incomparable power. Every action that you do in this physical world has tremendous reaction and ramification in the world of spirits. But, the concept of our attitude in this world impacts the spiritual as well. And it’s not limited to a physical action, it also includes even the world of thoughts. Everything you do, everything you say, affects everything else. People who are connect

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 142 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond How can you create true unity? After all, some of us are leaders while others are followers. What could human beings of such wide spectrum of social standing possibly have in common? The answer is given by a great man who said, “Firstly, who is to say, who is ultimately higher on the ladder of achievement? Appearances can be deceiving and we tend to over-evaluate ourselves while under-evaluating others. “Secondly,” he continued, “even if we had evaluated ourselves correctly, just because we excel at one particular aspect of life doesn’t mean that there are no other aspects others exceed us. Everyone is a leader in some way. Therefore, our collective success depends on every person’s unique contribution to the world. “Thirdly,” he said, “The difference between the Creator and any creature is infinite. Realizing our own puniness relative to G-d’s absolute reality eliminates any feeling of superiority over other people. You see, w

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 141 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Is there someone in your life with whom you’ve had a misunderstanding? A fight? A dispute? Or even a grudge you’re holding against that person? Why not make up? Would it be different if that person was not well? Or you heard that this person was possibly dying? How would you feel? Making up is one more reason why the world was created with a certain amount of time. We are each given so many days to live. Days to do good and days to do great things. When days come where we do things which are either inappropriate or inadvertently wrong, then we need to forgive and forget. Especially if that wrong has been done to us. One doesn’t decide what happens to him but one does decide what he wants to do with what happens to him. That is within your power. The dignity of kindness is something that you need. So, why not make up? This one person that you are angry at, or haven’t spoken to for a few days — why not give them a call? Be it a

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 140 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There is one character trait that is so beautiful and particular to the refinement of your life, and that is patience. Many people say, "What does patience have to say and what does patience have to do with me?" Patience says so much about a person. It describes how confident they are in their life and how sure they are of the results of their activities. By taking a minute and realizing that everything in this world has its place and has its time by using the character trait of patience, you will see so much in your life, that other people cannot. The key indeed to everything is patience. It says that you get the chicken by waiting for the egg to hatch, not by smashing it. Have you ever heard that expression? It is true; if you smash it, you'll never see that chicken. But if you are patient and you let it happen, you'll see what comes out. For happiness, one needs security, but for joy, that springs just like a flower, even f

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 139 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond The Japanese are masterful in developing tiny, dwarf trees. These trees, which would normally grow sixteen or seventeen feet tall, grow only a few inches high. How? By removing them from their soil, snipping off their buds, and using micro-fertilization, these little trees stay very small and grow just a few inches high. I ask you this question; how is your mind? What are you doing to it? If you take it away from its strength and its connection to G-dliness, goodness, holiness, and greatness you would be the same as these miniature trees. Why take it away and keep it away from fertilization? The fertilization in this case, is the goodness of things that you do, things that you have, people that you know, and the lessons that you learn. Why would you do this? Why would you, at any given time, give all of it away? Let your mind grow. Let you grow, and reach the highest level by performing everything that you would want in your

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 138 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Your home should be a place where there are no ambiguities. A place where you can feel good about yourself and everything that’s around you. Where capabilities, dreams, passion, belief, strength, are all there to help you replenish your enthusiasm and remove any doubts. And that is where you resolve your dreams. That’s your home. Make it the place where serenity and harmony reside – all the time. Did you enjoy the motivational daily podcast? If so, why not help us spread the goodness by posting a review on iTunes and sharing your favorite episode. Let us join together and bring positivity around the world!

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 137 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond I once heard a story about the Chinese, who have a tale about a little fish. The story goes like this: There was once a little fish who overheard one fisherman say to another, “Have you ever stopped to think how essential water is to life? Why, without water our earth would dry up, and everything in it would die. All the living things would stop to exist.” Now the little fish, who heard this, became panic stricken. He said, “Why, if this is the truth, and this comes from men who have higher understanding... I must find water immediately! If not, I could also die!” The little fish in dread of what would happen frantically started swimming around everywhere and asking everyone around him where he could find this water that was so precious to life. No one had ever heard the word before, or no one had ever asked that question. So, he went from lake to lake, from place to place, from river to river, but to no success. Until he fina

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 136 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There is a story told about a young child who was spending a vacation on a farm. He had been raised in the city and he did not know much. He was shown a hen sitting on a nest of eggs and told that someday a little chicken, small chicks, would actually come out from each one of those eggs. Now you can imagine, the child at this time was delighted and so excited. This was a dramatic idea and every single morning he rushed to the hen to find out if the eggs had hatched. He was looking for the miracle-day every single morning. With great anticipation, he would run to the hen, but every day that passed, nothing happened. The eggs still looked exactly the same. Over time, the boy’s face waned and he became disappointed. One day he gave up hope all together, and he told himself that he had been deceived and nothing would ever happen. The next day, however out of habit, he went to see the nest as usual, without any hope. But on that very d

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 135 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond It was written that when you see the stars, each one moves along its own prescribed path with precision impossible to attain in any mechanism constructed by man. When you see a seed grow and turn into a tree, or a baby develop into a self-directed human individuality, can you believe or even say that this is the result of a haphazard happening? That would seem so ludicrous. Such belief is beyond comprehension that it doesn’t make any sense. Once, a 16th century physician said, “We human beings are walking drugstores. In the human being there is a present, invisible physician who produces, prescribes, dispenses, and administers suitable remedies as occasions commence. Had He not created these internal remedies, notwithstanding all the experts of all our physicians, not a single creature of the earth would remain alive.” Just imagine that for a moment. This physician knew the truth, and he understood that, even though he was in t

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 134 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond So many people are searching… Searching everywhere for happiness, guidance, and information. It’s interesting that in our modern civilization, where everyone could have their own individuality, many people depend on others and what’s around them to make up the information that they gather, which shapes their own individuality. Now people use radio, television, advertising, newspapers, and the internet. The information highway is so diversified and people use whatever means there are available to search for happiness. Most people don’t even form their own value to find real happiness. Some people don’t even know where to look. What we need to remember is that instead of walking around and looking for happiness, why not look within ourselves? The happiness that we receive from ourselves is greater than what we can obtain from any place or anybody. It has been said that the world in which a man lives, shapes itself chiefly by the way

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 133 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Once, when I was young, my parents gave me the pleasure and took us on a vacation; we were there by the ocean. They convinced me that it was a beautiful time to spend walking around looking at nature and enjoying the ocean. But, I was young and determined to have a good time. I convinced them that we should go on a boat ride and my parents agreed, even though the weather was precarious at the time. So, we went. The captain agreed that this was a possibly dangerous venture, because the weather did not permit such a journey at that time. But we did it anyway. About thirty minutes into the trip, the boat started shaking and rocking and I became very, very frightened. At that moment, however, the captain himself decided that we must go back to the shore – and so we did. When we got off the boat my father took me in his arms and asked me why I was scared. I told him that I thought we were going to die. He taught me a lesson which I’d li

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 131 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Are you finding yourself in a situation where things seem to be impossible to resolve? Are you finding yourself sometimes where you are sad, or life is difficult and you are not sure what to do? When this happens, think of the clouds… When a plane tries to take off it has to go against the wind. With very powerful propellers it takes off and it works its way up all the way to the sky. Once it gains altitude, if you are on that plane, you can look out that window and see a beautiful sky. The rain, the clouds, the darkness – everything is gone. All you see is a beautiful light. Why shouldn’t you do that when trouble or obstacles are in your way? Why not lift yourself above the clouds? You can overcome them. These challenges are given to you because you are able to overcome them. The Creator of the world would never give you a test, or put you in a situation, that you could not overcome. That is a guarantee. Above the clouds there is

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 130 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond One of the most important decisions that you must make, every single moment of your life, is to be your true self. You must be alert. A minute is too precious to waste. Your time must be properly utilized. Always be alert of who and what you do: do it with respect. Honor every person, even though they may not be close to you. Do it with a peace of mind. Be calm and composed, let it show in everything that you do. Always be clean and proper; respect your body and your clothing and do it with orderliness. Make your willpower the master of your time: plan, organize, follow through, and get things done. Your true self means the full potential that the Creator has given you. Being your true self means using every fiber of yourself to do the most that you can – and do it with all the power that you were given. That’s what it means. You can do it, every one of us can do it. This is why we were created. Always do the right thing. Plai

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 129 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Every day when you wake up you must make decisions as to the kind of day you want to have. One should be diligent in what they do and should pay attention to this every day. Diligence is to decide what needs to be done, and do it enthusiastically. Respect every person, whether they are friends, or foe – they’re still human beings. You should also do this with gentleness. Wise men say things in a soft way and develop the habit – surely, within a period of time you will find yourself being listened to. You should have also humility. Of course, you’re not perfect and you need to recognize your own weakness, but you also need to ignore the faults of others. Two more things you need to remember about the decisions on every day: First, is truth. Do not say anything unless you know in your heart that it is true. Second, is silence. Choose your words carefully. Don’t talk unless you have something worthwhile to say. If it’s good and it wil

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 128 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Have you ever thought of the word ‘inclusivity’? Inclusivity means encompassing— bringing everything and everybody into account. It’s comprehensive, it’s enclosing, embracing, and it’s all the things that we have to do to make this world a better place to be. We have the opportunity to change that at any time, in your world – and in mine. Inclusivity means that you can accept everyone the way they are and accept them for what they are. It’s a value of time; the dignity of the simplicity; sometimes the influence of an example; the virtue of the patience that we have, or that we may have to get. The success to persevere; the worth of a character; the obligation of a duty; the implementation of talent; the pleasure of working and making the best of what we do. The power of kindness and the ability to share it with others. The wisdom and definition of ‘originality’.  Whoever they are out there, include them all in your life. Eve