What is holding you back from being the best person you can be | Rabbi Chanan Gordon

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just knowing that you came let's just say you came to the end of this journey called life and the grades come out and you've got a 52 percent okay there's no such a thing as any jewish soul the the dna of a jewish soul every single jewish soul is wired for greatness okay every single one wants to read reach their proverbial potential so it's often a story that i think illustrates this point was was 1977 i believe 63 years old laura schultz so laura schultz was on the second floor of like a two two-floor two-story home and out of her peripheral vision she saw that the car her car in the driveway was slowly going backwards he has a problem there's no one in the car 10 seconds later she heard this horrific scream horrific scream she peeked outside the window and she saw her grandchild pinned underneath the car by the way everything i'm saying tonight you can snoop snoke whatever everything is based on it's true so you can google i'll never get up and say anything that i haven't checked 50 times okay 63 years old second floor huge cadillac reversed her grandchild is pinned underneath this huge cadillac she spiraled down the stairs she comes she spiraled down the stairs she comes to this huge cadillac again 63 year old woman she lifts up the car and save saves a grandchild's life unbelievable no weeks pass months pass the press according the media the journalists is unbelievable 63 old walking said right now wall street journal 63 old woman saves the life of her grandchild she wouldn't take any calls and the television stations the network were chasing her she wouldn't return a single call they're leaving message this is

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1. 0:00just knowing that you came let's just say you came to the end of this journey…
2. 5:05it's completely up to you okay remember this unbelievable just before you as well some south…
3. 10:39back from reaching your potential how important is potential we see in the very first patriarch…
4. 16:13okay i cannot tell you how many times i've spoken at different things like and people…
5. 21:50jew the first patriarch abraham heard a heavenly call abra say abraham abraham it obviously is…
6. 27:28absolutely no clue and today you might know her as oprah winfrey the idea of people…
7. 32:34order to reach your potential is not appreciating the present moment so i just thought i…
8. 38:39names that are no wishes on anyone obviously but they're unhappy living dysfunctional lives there's no…
9. 44:20i've never had such a beautiful sauna in my life what's that beautiful good fantastic group…
10. 49:56a terrible terrible terrible that i see people in pain because they're looking at curated instagram…

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