Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 182): Take Initiative and Turn the Key - Mesillas Yesharim

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

and nikius and so on how to be mindful live with alacrity and enthusiasm and all of the different steps we last left off that among the middle among the qualities how to live a life of righteousness how to not only be good but at a strive for great he told us the noble ambition all the amazing goals in the world person can know exactly who they want to be and how they want to live and yet there are impediments and obstacles there are things that get in the way and among the them arteridos and Digos worry fear anxiety is the feeling we have to do it all ourselves we have to take it all on ourselves that we alone and we exclusively are responsible and tells us exactly the opposite you know what can enable us to be our best selves when we let go and let God when we stop gripping so tightly thinking that we're in charge we're in control we are the orbiters of our own destiny that swell with pride when we're successful or beat ourselves up unfairly when we fail but to realize that to defer to surrender and to submit to him and we left off that's what says that we have to put in our effort but it's already been determined that Rosh Hashanah exactly how much we'll make this year when we have ruthless competition with others when we go to battle and fight with others when we mark it unfairly because we think it's the only way that

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1. 0:30and nikius and so on how to be mindful live with alacrity and enthusiasm and all…
2. 1:32successful or beat ourselves up unfairly when we fail but to realize that to defer to…
3. 2:33to bend the rules or be dishonest or squeeze others acting as if only if we…
4. 3:35and there 4 Listen to this formula in other words Hashem decided the beginning of the…
5. 4:41turning in the ticket that's the effort that we have to make but it doesn't necessarily…
6. 6:17in all your actions that you do it's like when we stood at the Sea and…
7. 7:17without ruthless stepping on others or squeezing others because we realize we're just doing the initiative…
8. 8:19believe your initiative is what brings about your results and now you're competing for the same…
9. 9:19a council member in in Brooklyn for that wonderful act but isn't that bringing this to…
10. 10:19to him we realize since Rosh Hashanah has already been determined what we're going to earn…

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