Choosing Happiness - Rabbi Jonathan Rietti

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

[Music] what I'm going to share with you tonight you've probably heard many times but maybe not always in the same way so here's where I'm really going to begin we're talking about choosing happiness so who is responsible for my happiness just be honest with ourselves who is responsible for my happiness resp I'm responsible do you agree do we all agree I am responsible for my happiness is that accurate thank you for coming are there any questions you see if it's really true and I agree with you that I'm responsible for my happiness I'm going to ask you if you can relate to the following do you remember when you were about 16 17 you saying to yourself you know when I graduate I'm going to be so happy do you remember saying that to yourselves you remember you know uh when I go on my first date I'll be so happy you know when I get out of this date I'll be so happy you know when I get my first job I'll be so happy when I get out of out of this job I'll be so happy you know when I get married I'll be so when I get divorced I'll be so happy you know when I have children I'll be SC us out of the house I'll be so happy one second excuse me excuse me if my happiness depends on my kids showing me more respect you know what of your is more than I had in a lifetime to my parents now I know there's no one here who can relate to any of this some of you have friends know what I'm talking about when I blame

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1. 0:00[Music] what I'm going to share with you tonight you've probably heard many times but maybe…
2. 5:20had the largest attendance in Harvard University's history for his courses they were labeled happiness one…
3. 10:42mother inlaw could that sabotage the happiness yes or no so let's pretend you know somebody…
4. 15:55chapter 4:8 of tahim he says Natata is a language of the future past or present…
5. 21:24years were equally good kidnapped twice Baron 90 years when Arin was thrown into the furnace…
6. 27:15person say something very nasty it was an insult degrading and it really painful and it…
7. 32:31just doing this so much that it's starting to really pull me down my spouse I'll…
8. 37:51eventually when she was blessed with a child she was busy raising the forefather of the…
9. 43:19that he wants to close the deal why don't I just say I can't I'm angry…
10. 48:43to inspire give them information they can make a better choice based on your role modeling…

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