Bad Investment

The Beis HaLevi said to someone who lost a lot of money in an investment, “It isn’t because you invested in there that you lost money.  It’s because you had to lose money, that you thought to invest in there.”

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Just another Opportunity

View every struggle in life as an opportunity to become even greater than before. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman Shlita

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Lack of Emuna

Chazal say, “Whoever becomes angry, it is as though he worshiped idols.”  This is understood to the wise, because when one is angry, it means that he lost his emuna.  If he would believe that whatever occurred was from Hashem, he wouldn’t be angry. ~ Tanya

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Warrior

Know and repeat often, that which Chazal say (Avos 4:5)  “One sin brings on another sin, and one mitzvah brings more mitzvos.” If you will satisfy temptation once, you will desire them many more times. But if you will be a warrior and conquer your yetzer hara and turn your eyes from seeing evil one time, it will be easy for you to do so several times. ~ Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 387

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Easier to See it in Others

Whenever you notice a fault in other people, check where you yourself have that fault.

We have a strong tendency to notice our own faults in others (see Kidushin 70b).  This provides us with many opportunities to learn about our own shortcomings, since it is easier to see a fault in someone else than in ourselves. ~ R’ Chaim of Volozhin zt”l

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Sincere Generosity

When you could have given a smaller donation and other people would have considered that amount sufficient, your giving a larger sum shows that it comes from sincere generosity. ~ R’ Simcha Zissel Ziv zt”l

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True Strength

Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing to do.

But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.

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Stay in Control

One who does not lose control of his temper is a beloved of God. ~ Talmud Pesachim 113a

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You have No Idea

Be kind.

Everyone you meet has a challenge you know nothing about. ~ The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation

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Your Donation

If we were asked to donate money to rebuild the Beis HaMikdash, how proud we would be to have this opportunity.  We would donate to the best of our ability, in order to have a portion in this great merit.

Yet we do not need money to build the Beis Hamikadash.  We need only to refrain from lashon hara and senseless hatred, and promote peace instead.  How honored will such a person be in the World to Come, when it will be made known that his merit caused the Beis Hamikdash to be rebuilt. ~ The Chafetz Chaim in Shmiras Halashon II, ch, 7

Let us make an extra effort over the next few days not to speak or listen to lashon hara and earn a plaque on the wall of the Beis Hamikdash.

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