Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 189): The Bathroom is the Great Equalizer - Mesillas Yesharim

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

humility we saw last time that humble people will live more mission-driven lives person is arrogant person is ego is inflated a person who thinks the world revolves around them such an individual feels that the world is here to serve them life is about their rights and entitlements what they can get out but a humble person a modest person person who realizes we're here to serve Hashem we're here on a mission we're here for a purpose we're dedicate and devote their life to Hashem reminds us no matter what you've achieved no matter what you've accomplished no matter who you are are no matter what you have how you are are no matter what you have how could you be arrogant you simply contemplate for a moment how lowly we are how mere mortal how finite how fragile we are and we look back at our greatest people in our history with all that he was and all that he accomplished and the whole way he revolutionized and transformed the world avram avina still nevertheless said all I am is dust and all I am is Dustin Ash mosh what are we what are we I'm just a worm I'm not even a person goes on to say is wherever you excel in whatever areas you are wonderful and excellent and accomplished we all also have matching areas of shortcoming and flaws and failures we could choose to focus and emphasize everything that goes right what if we simply remain aware not Peter up or feel ashamed in a debilitating way but if we simply maintain an awareness

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1. 0:34humility we saw last time that humble people will live more mission-driven lives person is arrogant…
2. 1:35what are we I'm just a worm I'm not even a person goes on to say…
3. 2:37how hard that is what does it mean to do miss us in the best way…
4. 3:38finite we're fragile we're for future worm food we are humans we're humans we're Flesh and…
5. 4:47simply being a mere mortal being a finite creation of God having a finite life that…
6. 5:48are and then he quotes another good morning makes a sort of cryptic comment who is…
7. 6:48have 100 bottles of wine 300 bottles of scotch got corned beef pastrami first cut you…
8. 7:48cut corned beef and the brisket soon after firashkenazi very soon after if you're svari you…
9. 8:50definition of wealth what a bizarre definition of wealth it doesn't mean physical material wealth means…
10. 9:50should walk around exceedingly humble we live with basaki say we have we are mindful of…

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