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Dr. Daniel H. Dahan
Dr. Dahan’s Daily Wisdom is a free motivational podcast. It is one of the best self improvement podcasts online. Everyday Dr. Daniel H. Dahan focuses on an inspiring or motivational concept to help your personal development and provide you with a new uplifting podcast to listen to each day.
Have you ever been in the situation where things are going quite well for you? The sun is shining, business is good, life seems to be at its ultimate peak. But, then you meet someone with an attitude, and you wonder, “Why does this person have an attitude?”
One of the most precious gifts that we were given in this world is a family.
A family’s is a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with children and people that care for one another. That’s the definition of a family. One of the most challenging areas of leadership is your family.
Leadership of a family demands even the higher standards of honesty, and integrity, and anything else than anything that you could have done.
Before the universe came into existence, the Creator’s infinite Light filled all that there was. In order to make room for the world to be created, the Creator, in His infinite wisdom, withheld some of His light and it left behind a vacuum.
What is a happy man?
It is to wake up every morning with a brightening smile on your face, and to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities that it will bring.
Have you ever thought about the definition of happiness?
Happiness is a magic word and everyone is in search of it – but so few find it.
Why? Is it because you think that you are looking for happiness in a false direction?
The world as we see it is not a reality. It’s a miracle.
When a philosopher sees a miracle, he looks for a natural explanation; trying to figure it out and trying to understand it. But when a wise person sees nature, they look for the miracle. That in itself is a true miracle.
Have you ever thought of a willow?
A willow is a tree – or sometimes referred to as a shrub. It is characterized by narrow, nice shaped leaves and some of them are very small flowers. They are pliable and the branches often are used for wicker work.
The willow is humble, it bends whenever it needs to. It accommodates whenever it has to.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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?
Here’s an important concept that you need to know about the world:
By doing good deeds you affect the whole world.
I would like to share with you a fascinating concept. Love can be expressed in various ways. Either by speech, a look, a kiss, or an embrace. The highest form of the four is the embrace.
You see, the embrace displays a love so strong as to be uncommunicable by any other means. Its unique feature is so particular that one wise man wrote this:
Every single night when a person goes to sleep, they think the reason is so that their body can rest. The truth is, there’s so much more to the reason why sleeping was made part of our life.
You know how sometimes you find yourself in a difficult situation? And the difficulty seems to be impossible to overcome?
You have to think of those moments of being ready, and that you are the achiever. Achievement means overcoming any obstacle successfully. There are two major benefits of positive reinforcement.
Is life about success?
Accumulation of goods?
Great wealth?
Tremendous amounts of acquisitions?
No, it can’t be that… That just wouldn’t be the way the Creator of the world intended to create this world.
Self-preparation is an important concept. It’s about you being ready to do all that you’re supposed to do. You carefully have to consider where the next opportunity can come from. You have to make sure that the origin of this opportunity is indeed good, and good for you. Make sure that you know how and what you need, to be prepared for these opportunities. Do all that you can do for each opportunity, because it’s more likely to happen without you knowing it’s going to happen. You need to be self-prepared.
What is a mission? If you think about it, it’s any important task or duty that is assigned. Sometimes self-imposed, sometimes given from someone else
Are you connected?
Connected to yourself?
Connected to your soul?
Connected to your heart?
Every day when you wake up you have the opportunity to change the world for the better.
Do you realize how long it took for you to be prepared to come to this world? It seems between thirty-nine to forty weeks, which is about nine months. But what about before then?
What did it take? And where were you?
For you to be ready to come down on earth and to fulfill your purpose, how long did it take you to get ready?
Are you prepared today, for the challenges of this life?
Are you prepared for what you were destined to be?
I once visited a country where women were sitting on the ground spinning threads for the yarn that was used to weave sheets. These sheets came from certain animals, and in order to produce wool of exceptional quality, it required a special skill. It’s interesting that these women understood that the fact that they were endowed with a special skill, it then indicated to them that they were meant to utilize those skills to do some exceptional work.
There is an interesting concept about a field which needs to receive the benefit of the rain. Rain benefits only the plowed fields and fields that had been sown. Early and later heavy rains also benefit the crops of the field or even the vines, but a raised field and plowed, and sown, will benefit from neither the soft rain nor the early or even the later heavy rains.
Until recently, astronomers thought that there were 100 sextillion stars, but now, according to a new study, there may be three times that, as many as 300 sextillion stars.
Now, how did the scientists manage to overlook so many stars? It’s not like misplacing some grains of sand.
Have you ever thought about the difference between taking versus giving?
When you take, there’s something that you have acquired from somebody else and it benefits, more often, you than the other person.
Giving, on the other hand, benefits both people. The one giving and the one receiving. What a pleasurable thing to do!
Success is a basic process. To be successful you don’t need to do extraordinary things. You just have to do simple things extraordinarily well. That’s the basics of life.
Basics are the most important concept that you need to live with. The basics of love, sharing, understanding, and everything are the fundamentals with which we are raised. Your parents’ values – the things you learn about the world. There is a Creator above and beyond that gives us all our basic needs.
Interests are such a valuable concept. The curiosity of a particularly attentive issue that you put your mind to. Follow your interests with your heart, follow your interests with your mind; follow them because they are your future, and a pathway by which you live.
The interests that you have is what gets you involved in the world.
It’s interesting to know that there are some people who say that we live in such a big, wide world. The truth is, the world is not that big. Even though there are billions of people on this Earth, we are all so similar and so close to one another.
It’s hard to believe that this world is such a small portion of the total entity that makes up the universe. We’re just one world.
I’m sure you’ve already heard the sentence or the phrase, “If anybody can do it, so can you!”
Although there’s truth in that, you are not just “anybody”.
You are somebody.
There are moments in our lives when we need to be alone. There are times when difficulties and challenges arise above and beyond our capacity to understand.
One thing we know for sure is that by being alone we can often see things in a different manner and better understand.
My grandmother, bless her soul, said something so beautiful that I never forgot, “Do good and forget you did.”
It’s an interesting concept.
‘Everything affects everything else,’ How often have you heard this?
Many times, we feel that by doing some things that are hidden or tucked away somewhere in our private lives that it’s just between us and it will not affect anyone or anything else. This is incorrect. Everything affects everything else!
A person, it says, should not wander.
How is it possible for one to do whatever he wants, and be responsible for his own deeds?
Isn’t the whole world under the guidance of one Creator?
Is it possible for anything to happen in this world without the permission and the desire of the Creator of the world?
We must assume and believe that whatever the Creator wishes, He has done in the heavens and the earth. One must not think that everything is done according or against His personal will.
Honor is such a beautiful word; honesty, fairness; integrity in one’s belief and actions. It is the source of credit or distinction. It is not the place that honors the man but the man who honors the place.
Where can you find true love?
Where is this person that has been destined to spend the time and life together?
When would I know?
Where would I look?
What should I do?
Technology is truly amazing, above and beyond all we could ever expect. Scientists have learned that to unleash the power of the atom, size is not always an indication of power. Once we learn how to access the latent energy that exists, even the smallest particle of matter can release incredible force.
Have you ever spent time looking at a tree?
A tree is typically made up of a trunk and branches that develop from the ground and grow all the way through, and at the end of these branches are leaves. Often the tree grows to a considerable height. The tree itself is interesting.
What is the difference between one tree and others?
Fortunate means having good fortune. It is receiving good from an uncertain or unexpected source. It’s auspicious and often indicating a good thing.
Simplicity is the state, the quality, or even the instance of being simple. It is the freedom from complexity or intricacy. It’s often absence of luxury, pretentiousness, or even ordinance.
Have you ever heard of the term daydreaming? The dictionary describes it as, “indulging in a reverie.” Something where a person loses himself out in the atmosphere. What you are is not there, you’re really not sure what’s going on but you’re in a different world.
Have you ever wondered why the Creator of the world gave us one mouth, one nose, one face, but two eyes? Reasons for two eyes have been suggested, that one eye is to look at yourself and see who you are and what you do, and whether what you are preaching is actually what you do. The second eye is to look at others and compare yourself. Compare it to what they do which is so much better than you. That it gives you an opportunity to rise above yourself and do things even better.
It is important to pay attention to the days of your life. Count the days, find out whether or not the days are filled with goodness. Your smile is a signature of the Creator on your face. Don’t allow it to be washed, and certainly not by empty tears or erased by anger. You have to fill your day with goodness and kindness.
Have you ever thought about the awesomeness of being a human being?
The power that you have to change the world?
One person can change the whole world.
I once wanted to figure out things in my life, so I took a walk on a beach. By walking I had the ability to expand my mind. It’s interesting, at that moment in my life things were challenging, to say the least. I knew that I didn’t wish for things to become easier, but that I would become better. I didn’t wish for fewer problems; I just wanted more skills. So, I started making personal changes. Changes that would make a difference in my life.
Sometimes in life it happens that a person cries. Those tears that fall down, the salty drops of water coming down your cheeks, are the results of either unhappiness, grief, or even sorrow. But let me ask you this:
Why is that?
Why is it that you cry?
Let’s discuss the word “Attraction”.
Attraction is a characteristic or quality that provides pleasure. Attraction is an act, it’s a power, or even a property. The quality is magnetic; it’s a charm, a fascination, an allurement, or an enticement.
Something fascinating about the body that even scientists don’t know how to interpret it is that the body of an organism begins with one cell and reaches up to 100 trillion cells.
How does it know how to build a body to 100 trillion cells? There are thousands and thousands of cells, and each cell is very complex.
There is a study that scientists conducted which was quite interesting. What they wanted to do was put fleas into a glass jar and see what they would do. Well, of course, as soon the fleas were put it into the glass jar, they would fly away. Then what they did was put a glass lid that you could see through, on top of the jar, and they closed the jar. So, the fleas kept on trying to escape and every time they tried, they would hit the glass and they would come back down and hit the glass, and come back down, and hit the glass again.
Do you want to know how to grow?
Let me share with you some advice. Successful growth is attained with one little change at a time. Do you know a small change that you can start with today? Yourself. Because if you change yourself, everything around you will change.
Do you know what ambition means?
The definition of ambition is the eager desire for distinction, fame, or power. True positive ambition, a legitimate one, is the one that you use for doing things because it’s right. It’s something that you want at the service of others, not at the expense of others.
It has been said that when a person, whom you do not know, does something that could be judged positively or negatively –you should always judge them positively. What kind of a world would it be if all of us saw each other with a beautiful, kind, and warm-hearted eyes?
How would it be if all your actions were judged favorably?
If you want to succeed in life you must acquire a mentor. Someone that you can share your ideas with. Someone that you can share your dreams and your visionwith. All of the things that you want to do. By discussing it with another person, you’ll be given more power, strength, understanding, and more greatness. The mentor will bring you goodness and greatness if you wish to get it.
You should always be available to help others. If someone less fortunate than you asks you for advice, food, money, or just help then you should help them without blame or shame. You should do this with a pleasant countenance, and allow them the privilege to feel good – as you would to a member of your own family.
There is no difference between poor and rich – they are both created to help one another. Make sure that you share your wealth and your goodness, with everyone you meet. For you never know why it was given to you to begin with.
The entrance to your home should always have an open door. Since you have been blessed with good things, you need to share it with others. Not only does the sharing have to be constant and continuous, it has to be done with generosity and good will.
Sharing knowledge is one of the most important and critical aspects of our lives. When a body drinks, what it does is helps the food be distributed throughout the parts of the body. When a person grinds his food down with his teeth, the food itself which the person does eat, undergoes a change. The water remains the same as it was originally and does not undergo any transformation. Similarly, a student repeats what he has learned from his teacher or others. He must impart those teachings exactly as he received them, without changing them in any way. Just like water.
Have you ever been told that when a soul departs this world it goes into a higher life? You should know that this is true. The world itself, as it stands today, is in temporary motion. It is just a small experience. Before the world was created all the souls in Heaven were present as well.
There is a story told about a man who went to the leader of the city complaining, and he said, “Someone else on the other side of town opened up a new business, exactly the same as mine and it will destroy my business,” and he was quite upset.
The man, who actually owned a large part of the city, looked at him and said, “Why would you be worried?”
So often during the week we are too busy. Each and every one of us, running here and running there, and taking care of things that we have to do. We forget at times what happens when we stop and think, and what is the purpose of anything that is around us. And here is what I’ve read from someone who is extremely knowledgeable in the creation of the world and understanding and its the wisdom.
Have you ever wondered why no two flakes of snow are alike? Have you ever wondered why no two people anywhere in the world are alike?
It’s called diversity.
Many people believe that kindness is something of a virtue that a person either acquires or has by nature. The truth is, it may be, but kindness is work. Kindness takes a lot of effort. It is something that a person has to do at all times, and thinks about it.
There is a place in you that is absolutely wholesome; it’s pure and it’s not tarnished in any way, shape, or form… that is your soul; your self-being, that’s your inner core.
Do you know the difference between seeding and planting?
When one sews wheat, the product grows quite quickly. When one plants a seed, it takes quite some time before it bears a fruit. The efforts of a human being are very much the same. If your efforts don’t bear immediate results you might be engaged in planting. However, the ultimate reward might take longer to materialize and will be infinitely greater. So, don’t judge yourself by immediate results.
Even though at times we feel that we have failures and even though sometimes we feel that we are limited living in America; having constant access to so much gives us the ability to rise above in everything that we do. Did you know that most failures eventually lead to successes? But you have to persevere. This is what I wish for you every day.
What do you do when you have challenges all around you so large that they seem insurmountable? What do you do when there’s only darkness and the storms of life are closing in on you?
Do you know what it means to be blessed?
My own interpretation of being blessed is that you have abundance in all good things. It also means that your joys, like the stars at night, are too numerous to count. It means that your victories are more abundant than all the grains of sand on all the beaches and all the oceans all over the world. It means also that lack and struggle actually only serves to make you stronger.
What is the difference between light and darkness? When men build a dam, it is to generate electricity. The goal is to allow the water to flow as it did before. The real goal is for it to vigorously cascade, moving through and activating the turbines so that the water attains a higher level than it had originally done – so then it creates electricity.
Modesty. When a person refrains from calling undue attention to their external self, that is the human core, the heavenly spirit within each person. It can shine through unhindered by the flashing neon lights of the external charisma of a person.
Modesty in dress and behavior allows the person to interact with the world in a truly powerful way and to show the inner self. Modesty creates a dignified space.
After you have shut your doors and darkened your room, remember, never say that you are alone. You’re never alone.
Isn’t it wonderful to know that the Creator of the world has given us the dignity of choice? We have the power to be anything we wish, and there’s nothing to stop us. Think about this, today.
Overwhelmingly, a sense of desperation that drives us to looking for solutions is often the way that we have to change and often the way that our life becomes better.
Although desperation may seem to be at first something negative, it could really turn out to be something quite positive.
Listen to everything that you hear, but you must listen with a selective hearing. There are so many voices that want our attention. Each with its own special message, with its own special appeal. One of the best ways to deal with this important challenge is to develop the skill of “selective listening”. Listen to the things that will make you better, greater, stronger, wiser. You know what they are.
Oftentimes people ask the same question, what is the difference between trust and faith?
When you have confidence that everything will work out for the best -that’s not faith- that’s trust.
Faith is something you may or may not have.
That is faith.
It has often been said that what wisdom can’t do, time will do. In other words, with the passage of time there will be change. It’s interesting to know that there are different levels to the person that we are, in our bodies.
We must never be intimidated by the world. Neither by the world outside us, nor the world of personal desires, fears, or even preconceived notions within us.
How can one body have two opinions? Is it possible that your feet are ready to go, but that your mind says, “Later”?
Is it possible that my body wants to go and do things, and be involved; but my mind says, “Not now”?
The source of this vitality and indestructibility is in the pure faith of the one G-d above. Not in some kind of an abstract deity hidden somewhere in the Heaven’s spheres who watches this world from a distance…
Human beings have a remarkable power, that with their thoughts or speech they can actually control and change the world. Speaking about another person’s shortcoming does more than just belittle that person, words have the power to bring dormant energy into actuality.
When we speak about a person’s negative traits it actually activates those traits and reinforces them.
As we journey through our life we should remember that every time we internalize a higher form of energy, and we also realize another still higher form which often eludes us, it is, the ladder that we climb, in our own days, in our own life.
It is not the place that honors a man, but the man actually who can honor the place. In other words, we’re not defined by our own circumstances.
One of the greatest values in life is to help someone else.
One of the greatest thrills in life is to give the opportunity to invest life into life.
There’s a fundamental principal that the mind, which by its innate nature, rules over the heart. You must subdue the heart to the will of the Creator by utilizing intellectualization, comprehension, and a profound contemplation for the greatness of the Creator of the world.
Always be patient. Patience is a virtue and is acquired through years and years of assiduous work. Once you reach that level you will realize patience is an amazing, incredible character trait everyone should have.
Patience is good. It’s long lasting, it’s helpful, and healthy.
Have you ever wondered why we are given two ears but only one mouth? This is interesting. Perhaps a suggestion to answer why we have two ears and just one mouth is perhaps as a reminder that it behooves us to listen at least “twice as much as we speak.”
Did you know that before a person is born the intellect, the strength, and the appearance that they may have for their life, and even the future mate that they will marry, are all predetermined?
A one-time donation awakens the soul with great inspiration for a good deed but then dissipates. With repetition, the trait of benevolence becomes embedded in the giver for many years. So, spread the goodness and change your life
Who are we? It has been said that everything we see, either good or not, is really a reflection of ourselves. If it wasn’t – then we would simply not see it. The good that we see has a message. Is it possible, however, that this phenomenon is part of the Creator’s merciful way of teaching us a lesson in life?
There is a famous parable about a child who saw a caterpillar. When the caterpillar was there on the branch, it was struggling to get out of its cocoon. So the boy, being a young child, took pity on the caterpillar and cut open the cocoon to allow the caterpillar out. When the caterpillar turned out to be a butterfly, it couldn’t fly.
Have you ever heard the word inadequate? A word which means deficient or faulty, incompetent, perhaps even incomplete, skimpy, unequal, or weak. This word is definitely not something that describes any human being, yet sometimes, for whatever reason, people call others inadequate.
Are you inadequate? Do you feelinadequate?
Have you ever been around people who believe that reprimanding is something which is not only absolute in their life but necessary? They believe unequivocally that admonishing, censoring, or rebuking others is of utmost importance.
Always remember to forget the troubles that have passed away, but never forget to remember the blessings that come each day. These are special words, to always remember and forget the important things in life.
I came into work this morning and there was a man standing outside the elevator. As I approached the elevator, he smiled at me and said, “How is your day today? Are you having a great day?”
And I said, “Yes.”
As we got into the elevator, this wonderful man smiled at me. All excited, he said, “Isn’t it great to be alive? Isn’t it nice just to be here and have things to do?”
I was so impressed by that.
In life, you must know that there are fundamentals which are important to remember. These are the concepts that we live by and principles that make us grow into better people.
Have you ever seen a stress ball or do you know what it is? Let me describe it, if I may, a little plastic ball. It fits just about in the palm of your hands and supposedly, not with any scientific backgrounds, when you’re stressed you’re supposed to take this stress ball and exert energy into the ball and squeeze it as hard as you can as many times as you need.
Are you in control of your life? You should be. There are certain things you can’t control, for instance, the weather, you can’t control that. Time moving, you can’t control that either. How other people act, you can’t control that.
You can control everything that’s about you.
Would you like to know secrets of a powerful lesson covering how to turn your plans into action?
Listen carefully…
With the advance of technology today, I’m sure you know what a GPS is. But do you know how it works?
When you get lost, the GPS doesn’t tell you to go back to your starting point, rather its recalculates and fixesyour route via satellite from above.
May I suggest that this is how life is?
It is said that courage is the greatest of all the virtues. What should you have the courage for? How should you best use this courage that you have that’s an innate power?
You should use it to do whatever you wish to do. But, at all times you need to know what to do with it, because life has no remote control. What you want to change, you have to get up and change it yourself. That’s just the way things are.