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I'm Having Such a Hard Time Finding My Soul Mate - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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remember that it's really really unfair to ourselves when we buy into the idea that before we're married it's like life doesn't count let's be frank about it we live in a society where family is so intrinsic so essential the trajectory of life is see you know you're born you grow up and one day be hm you start your own family and we all hope for that but we family and we all hope for that but we have to remember also that all of life is a journey and the journey of life is not something anybody can fully comprehend and understand nobody knows why they're born and why am I born at this specific time and why am I born in this home and in this family and in this community and why do I why do I experience these challenges and what's exactly the and the mission of my life so much of life is a mystery that so much of life is a mystery that transcends us so it's very important never to Define our lives in a particular form put it in a box and if it doesn't fit into this box it becomes worthless a much healthier and more authentic way of living is with a sense of openness and gratitude gratitude for the fact that I am right now A Channel for the Divine energy that is flowing through me gratitude for the fact that I

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  1. 0:34remember that it's really really unfair to ourselves when we buy into the idea that before
  2. 6:14manifest his infinite light through me right now at this moment through my thoughts my words
  3. 12:23classmates sometimes we're not challenged to discover who we are for precisely those people who went
  4. 18:31order to heal my stuff to make me feel that I have value I really have
  5. 24:47because then you have 30 people looking out for you and you never know what happens
  6. 30:57Dignity of returning your call thank God all your questions were resolved it was such a
  7. 37:10in life is part of our destination for me to be able to marry the person
  8. 43:22in other words you want to get their full full permission that you can do it
  9. 49:36to see that you're open to the fact that you don't just put yourself in a
  10. 55:43place if we're supposed to live our lives with the Mind ruling our heart does our

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