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Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Ep 69 | It’s All Lies! Live to work? Or Work to Live?

May 20, 2020
56:20

Ever had someone ask you if you live to work or work to live? It’s a false dichotomy, as I explain on this show. Their 23 year-old son lived at home playing video games; hear how this story ended happily. In the name of equality, governments try to eliminate any advantages that come from a strong, healthy family. Heard politicians decrying the divisiveness in American society? Now hear what is America’s real fault line and who caused it. The secret of happy living is climbing outside yourself. What!? Yes, that is the secret significance of the 5 Fs. Become healthier by understanding that physical fitness is a titanic fight between your body and your soul. Money is much more than something needed to stay alive. It’s even more than something to give away to the needy. This is a pretty good description of what it is:

“In its widest possible sense, however, a man’s Self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank account.  All these things give him the same emotions. If they wax and prosper, he feels triumphant; if they dwindle and die away, he feels cast down, not necessarily in the same degree for each thing, but in much the same way for all.” -American psychologist, William James, 1890.


Being a happy warrior means NEVER allowing yourself to be a tennis ball floating down the gutter of life. Read more about why the Ten Commandments were on 2 tablets instead of just 1. https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/ten-commandments-instant-download/

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