Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 30th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Switch
How easily can we switch from one world to another? How smoothly can we exchange our noisy, busy environment, for a world of tranquil thoughts, a setting of serenity and light, calm and peace?

Often, we are guilty of spoiling even our quietest moments. We turn our attentions to the news or sports events, to music, eating, running around, shopping, traveling. Even the moments we give to prayer, we interrupt with noisy images and ideas. Thus, we turn away from the world of the spirit.

We need to look however, to do the opposite. We need to interrupt our hectic schedules, our mad activity, and give a moment to the heavens. We need to pause in the middle of the noise, and reconnect to the Creator — to the power of the world, to eternity. In this way, we draw success into our days.

By Rabi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 30th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Pleasure Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Enjoyment
The more we enjoy the world around us, the more the world around us is ours.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 29th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Shining Sun
My lover, my sweetheart, has a gift for me. He has hidden it just around the corner. He is waiting for something — a smile maybe, or a laugh, for me to clap my hands in joy, in anticipation. Then he will produce his gift.

The Creator is our lover, our sweetheart. He wants us to enjoy the life He gives us — as it is. Moreover, He has a special gift. He has hidden it just around the corner. He is waiting for something — a smile maybe, or a laugh, for us to clap our hands in joy, in anticipation. Then He will produce His gift.

By Rabi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 29th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Desire Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Passion
To be passionate about something means that that something affects every aspect of your life – your speaking, walking, eating, sleeping, etc. It’s fantastic, and wonderful. Choose then something important to be passionate about.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 28th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

According to His Praises
“A person is who his praises” (Mishle 27.21). What we admire, speak about and praise defines our inner self. When we praise the rich and mighty, we understand that these are our true aspirations. When we praise those who do good and help others, this reveals our true self (Shaarei Teshuva 3.148). Accordingly, we remake ourselves when we change who we praise — who we take an interest in, think about and admire.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 28th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Desire Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Want to Want
It can be tough to want to live as we need to live. Still, we can want to want to live as we need to live. This too will improve our lives.

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Keep Smiling, 27th Tishrei, 5771

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       An Apple

The apple you eat gives you energy. As you eat it, you release this energy. The energy moves from the apple, into you. The question is can you tap into this same energy without eating the apple?

In other words, an invisible power-line enters this world from higher realms. It penetrates the elements of this world. It allows them to perpetuate and interact with each other. It gives substance to waters, minerals, stars, seas and winds. It feeds the plants that feed the crawlers that feed the walkers, stalkers and other creatures of our planet. All this adds pleasure to our life.

To receive energy from this line, we must look to its stores — the packets of power that hold its gift. We must eat that apple. But this is only part of the solution…

We cannot gain full benefit from the apple until we see the power-line. We must appreciate that this goodness, together with all goodness, comes from the Creator alone. The apple may keep us alive. But we gain more — much more — when in that apple, we see the Creator.

Excerpted from: ““Be a King”“.

Have a growth-filled, uplifting day!

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 27th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Food and Clothing
Do you have a food to eat? Yes? So, be happy. Do you have clothes to wear? Yes? So, be happy. Can you breathe? Yes? So, be happy. Are you alive? Yes? So, be happy.

That’s it. We really need no more. If we can focus on what we have — no matter how little it is — we can stop complaining, and just be happy.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 27th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Desire Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

What we want
We need to want what is good, what is beautiful, what is magnificent. For it is what we want, what we really want, that we receive.

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Keep Smiling, 26th Tishrei, 5771

To those who read “Keep Smiling” before, I hope you will enjoy reading them once again…
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz

       Desire

Whether we like it or not, we are pleasure-seekers. This is beyond our free choice. It’s something we cannot escape.

Still, we can choose what type of pleasure we pursue. Is it the pleasure of eating and drinking, lazing around the house, playing, chatting, shopping?

Or do we look for other pleasures — more spiritual pleasures? For example, we may seek the pleasure of being a dynamic personality — of doing great things; the pleasure of bringing joy to others — of making them smile; the pleasure of thinking — of walking and talking with the Creator.

Whether we like it or not, we are pleasure-seekers. Still, we can decide whether we choose purely physical pleasures, or spiritual pleasures as well.

Excerpted from: ““Be Happy and Succeed”“.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 26th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Enjoy Others
Look at the children playing in the garden. Doesn’t this give you pleasure? Surely, you can delight in their beauty, their simplicity? Surely, you can enjoy their laughter, their fun?

Look at old people, resting in their places. See worn hands resting on shining walking sticks. See lived-in faces with deep, warm eyes staring into the distance, gazing into an uncertain future. Surely, you could hug such a person?

So far, the exercise has been easy. Now, let’s take it one more step.

Start looking at all people in a new way, in a happy way. Some of them dress well, others are a little shabby; some are handsome, others are quite plain; some are easy to talk to, others are distant. Still, we can enjoy them all. We can take pleasure in their presence. We can see them as our friends, and wish them happiness and success.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 26th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Beauty Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Cool
To remain cool and friendly on the outside, while turning our scream for help to the heavens alone…aah, now that’s an accomplishment.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 25th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

A Favorite Friend
If a favorite friend gave you a gift — a gift that cost him thought and time, effort and money — you would be grateful. Even if you did not understand this gift, even if it did not suit your tastes, still you would thank him. You wouldn’t want to injure his feelings.

We must do no less then with the gift of life — the gift the Creator extends to us. We may not understand this gift — it may not suit our tastes — still, we say thank you. We don’t want to injure the Creator’s “feelings”.

Moreover — we must know — that if the Creator himself — the billionaire of all billionaires, the Creator of all creators, the Genius of all geniuses, the Kindness of all kindness, the Love of all love — gives us this gift, it must contain great value. There must be a prize beyond what we realize — a worth beyond what we know buried in this gift. We need to unlock its secret — its excitement and greatness — and find the treasure of life.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 25th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Beauty Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Glory and Beauty
See the glory and beauty of the Creator in the world around you, and the glory and beauty of the Creator within yourself.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 22nd Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Nothing Other
Even if we have nothing other than the Creator helping us through our lives, we have a fortune. For, as He has helped us from birth to this day, so we can well hope He will help us through to the end as well.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 22nd Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Beauty Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

See Beauty
Focus on beauty, the culmination of all good attributes. See beauty in the world around you, the people in your life. See beauty in yourself, in the opportunities that await you. See beauty in this very moment.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 21st Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Passion

We need to hide our passion.

Without passion, we do not accomplish much. We may go through the motions of building, doing — but the results are shabby, sloppy. To act with passion, however, is to act with “all your heart, all your life, and all your resources” (Devarim 6.4). Only magnificent efforts lead to magnificent results.

On the other hand, when we act with open passion, we upset others. We arouse their jealousy, their resentment. We cause them to jeer us, condemn us, even throw us into jail. This, in turn, discourages us, and dampens our eagerness.

Therefore, we must hide the passion.

“But,” you may ask, “If I hide my passion, how will I inspire others to great deeds?”

The wonderful thing about passion is that even when hidden, it still glows – it still shines through. Its glimmer is strong enough to attract just those people we need to influence and encourage.

By Rabi Avraham Tzvi Schwartz

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 21st Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Love Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Powerful Love
Wrapping beautifies a gift, but the love behind it, the wish to see others receiving and rising, is what empowers it. Such a love is so potent; it works even without any gift at all.

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Keep Smiling ~ Self-Wealth, 20th Tishrei, 5771

Motivational Quotes

Something Special

Do you have something special to smell — a rose, clean laundry, tasty food, fresh air? Breathe it in. Enjoy it. Say “What a great moment. What a wonderful life.”

Look around you. Notice the colors of your surroundings. Notice the shapes. Notice the movement — the branch that sways in the wind, the bird that hops on the windowsill, the rain that sprinkles the grass. Drink in the beauty. Enjoy it. Say “What a stunning world. What an awesome life.”

Listen to the noises of the moment — rumbling thunder, rumbling traffic, soft chatter, music. Feel the fabrics within your reach — cool metal, soft wool, shiny plastic, rough rug. Soak in your surroundings. Enjoy being alive. Say “What special gifts the Creator gives me.”

Make an effort to be happy each day, each hour. Make an effort to be happy, now.

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Self-Growth Qoutes, 20th Tishrei, 5771

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Love Quotes

From “PiCK-ME-UPs” the book.

Feelings of Love
We should send out feelings of love, acceptance, admiration and affection to those who most annoy and upset us. This produces the most marvelous results – especially for us.

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