Dr. Dahan's Daily Wisdom - Motivational Podcast

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 11 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond It is so critical in your life to highlight the importance of value in every moment and utilizing it for growth. You see, any wasted time never returns. Every individual is given a specific amount of days, and seconds, to complete their mission. When the day is finished, the time passed is irreplaceable. Pay close attention to the precious moments of life - for it will never return again! Did you enjoy the motivational daily podcast? If so, why not help us spread the goodness by posting a review on iTunes and sharing your favorite episode. Let us join together and bring positivity around the world!

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 132 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Family is such a beautiful word. What does it mean to you to have a family? Does it mean siblings spending time together, or visiting family members whom you haven't seen for a while? Does it mean sometimes taking the advice from your parents and listening to it carefully? I have an idea to share with you what family is. Family is a gathering of loving people who care for one another, and look at each other at any given time with an eye of love and accepting. And at the same time, always remembering that the bond that exists between all of them is at the root of being the family. Once you remember that you come from the same source and you actually are part of the same source, the family bond becomes undeniably strong and unequivocally tied to you. When a tree grows, it has branches and the branches extend upward and outward. As those branches extend they often give life to trees of their own. How? The tree itself grows into

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 748 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond I met someone today who was incarcerated. I was given the name from a friend, and they asked me to visit him as they lived far away. I had the opportunity to sit with this person for quite a bit of time. Incarcerated is a difficult situation, an imprisonment to be detained, confined, jailed, or locked up. There is not much that can be done. This person had so much time on his hands. He was very upset with what happened. I asked him, “How do you feel about being here?” He said, “I am not mad at the world. I am mad at myself for what I did, to be here. If I had a message for the world, I would tell them to be continuously thankful to be free and do whatever they wish to do. Even if it is just to stay up late and look at the stars.” I was saddened by the fact that this person felt so much remorse, and yet had not been given freedom yet. He won’t come out very soon, so he told me. What he did doesn’t really matter. The fact that he

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 747 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There are subjects which are difficult to discuss for obvious reasons, and one of them is death. What happens when a person passes away? A loved one. Someone with whom we were close. Someone we admired or someone that we looked up to… What happens to them? A story or a suggestion of something that you might want to think about. Assume, for whatever reason, a person whom you love has been called away into a distant provincial town. Their job there was going to be to serve to a higher capacity, and to occupy a position of honor. This would be in the most luxurious palace or royal academy. If a person was called to do such a job, their friends and family members around them would be proud to hear of such an event. They would be looking at this venture as a great opportunity. Now, take this example in our own world. This is what happens when someone passes away. They actually are called to a higher duty, a greater and better place. An

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 746 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond At times during circumstances we can be quick to judge. We look at people or their actions, and immediately, unobjectively say things and judge these people in ways that is very narrow minded. You need to be extremely humble in relation to every person. That is to consider yourself less worthy than anyone else. This is an important concept in order to lead a good life. Objectively speaking you might say, “How can you consider yourself less meritorious than those who at least appear to be less worthy of your own respect?” You have to bear in mind a very important concept, not to judge anyone until you actually have reached their place. You see, we all have challenges. The fact that sometimes we don’t succumb to these challenges or particular temptation where another person might doesn’t make us superior to them at all. Who can measure the effect of someone else’s upbringing, environment, inborn character and weaknesses against t

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 745 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond People sometimes believe that they have a tremendous amount of pressure in their lives, and they don’t know how to react to it. There is nothing more conducive to attune the mind and the heart towards consciousness that there is a Divine Presence above and beyond us. This is the reason why people should pray daily. By praying, a person should know that there is a Being, above and beyond all our consciousness, that is watching over us. You may say, “I don’t quite see G-d when I pray.” That may be true, but to attain peace, specifically peace of mind, and general contentment, a person should pray to a higher Being. There is a Creator in this world, and through prayer and direct personal contact with this absolutely unbelievable infinite Being, G-d Himself. One is reminded every day that G-d is actually not that far away. Not in the seventh heaven or somewhere that we can’t even see or understand. The extra Being that we’re speakin

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 744 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There was once a person who had acquired quite a bit of wealth, and he believed in his heart that all this success was due to his own imagination, his ambition, his strength, his knowledge, and his beliefs. His mentor, who knew better than this, once visited him, and he asked, “What makes you think you earned all these blessings and all of this money?” The man, in the most arrogant way, answered, “Well, I’m very smart, and because of my work I deserve all the wealth that I’ve acquired.” The mentor looked at him and said, “Please follow me.” So, the man did. They went closer to a window that looked outside on the street, and the mentor asked the man, “What do you see?” The man looked outside and, through the window glass, all he could see were people coming and going. So, he said. “All I see, are people coming and going. That’s it.” Then the mentor went ahead and asked him to follow him, and he took him to a mirror. He asked him aga

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 743 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Our universe is made up of four separate worlds. Although they are united, they are different from one another. The first one is the world of inanimate. It is by far the greatest in quantity. As the world was created, the world of the inanimate was first developed. It includes, but is not limited to, the earth that makes up the valleys and the rivers, the sand that covers the miles of beaches, and the stones that form the mountains. The world of inanimate doesn’t have a vocal voice, like human beings do. But, at times of an earthquake, or during a violent whirlwind, it is very clear that the world of inanimate does have a way to express itself. Then there’s the world of vegetation. This category includes all the plants, flora, and the vegetation which is found throughout the world, even at the depths of the ocean. The enormous and ageless trees that we have found in the tropical forests, and the incredible variety of colors assi

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 742 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Years ago, one of my daughters was away in school, so, I wrote her a personal letter. Within that letter, I expressed the importance of time. The preciousness of how many hours are in a day and how many seconds are in an hour, and to use them properly. To invest them in goodness and brightness, and to become a different person. Then I took a letter of the alphabet – just one letter – and I chose the letter F, and what F could be. I wrote, the letter F is a simple letter in the ABC’s, but it has so much to say about life. F stands for fun, frivolities, fallacy, fashions, fads, “following foolish friends”, flashy, “first but fake”, failure, “fight fire”, “for your fate”. But the F also has a different approach. It can have foresight, to foster and fortify with fervor and fidelity on the fundamentals of faith. They will be fearless, fruitful, and they will further feature the feeling fantastic and fulfilment of your life. The same let

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 741 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond If you want to accomplish many things in your life you need to limit how much you sleep. Now you may say, “Why is that? I love sleeping. Actually, sleeping is so good – it makes me feel comfortable, it gives me rest, and it allows me to dream.” This is true, and all of this is necessary, but it needs to be limited. You need to sleep little because your life is precious and your friends are precious. You need to get rid of any ambiguity that you have, once you analyze your situation, you can awaken the passion within yourself that will catapult your goals and brighten your future in the way that you’ve never even thought could be possible. To do that, you need to be awake. I am not saying again that you should not sleep, I’m just saying it should be limited. Sleep as little as you can. I personally don’t sleep very much. I love my life, and I love the fact that every single day, when I wake up, I have many more things to do, many

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 740 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Do you find that you're not living a meaningful life? Do you find perhaps, that you're lacking in having a life full of goodness and greatness? What is it that you're looking for? If you find it, what will there be? Once you have found the meaning of life, will there be enough life left at that moment to live meaningfully? I believe that it is better to live life as meaningfully as you know how and find more meaning as you go along. You will gain and so will those people you influence around you. If for whatever reason you're not able to do that, then think of the achievements that you're accomplishing. The things that you are accomplishing on a day-to-day basis. If your tomorrow's vision does not match your last night's dreams, then today's action won't reach your tomorrow's goals. Some people tell you that if you're never satisfied with your achievements, you'll drive yourself completely nuts. Ignore them, don't pay attent

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 739 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond When I was growing up I always learned that things had to be done thoroughly, comprehensively, and in an ordinate manner. If you put in the time in what you do, and do it properly, you will find benefits in the results of your labor. The fruits of that labor will be deserved properly at the right time. There are people today, who look for shortcuts. They think that they should be rich overnight. They think they should have all the intelligence and wisdom in the world, all at the tip of their fingers. Technology has brought so many wonderful things to our world and our universe, but there are no shortcuts. If you want to be educated, sophisticated, knowledgeable, and gain wisdom you will have to work. It will take time. You will have to analyze your situation and gather all the strength that you need to understand the wisdom behind science, culture, arts, and discipline. There is no shortcut to becoming rich overnight. And even if y

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 738 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond I once read that that man's life is dependent on the air around him. Without air, he cannot live, and the quality of life is dependent on the quality of the air. The air itself can be compared to not only something physical but also spiritual. In an atmosphere where there's a lack of kindness or goodness, or ethics, there is a healthy life that will be missing as well. In a place where we don't recognize that there is a Creator of the world, or that there is a Supreme Being, the environment itself is diseased. It is constantly threatened with a possibility of being stricken with contagious maladies. It's just the physical acting onto the spiritual. This is part of life. The first general step in healing is to purify that atmosphere. When there are things which are not healthy, this is the first part to take. Purification of the air is the task of every single person and those that have knowledge. Understanding of life and other

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 737 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond In the morning, we open our eyes after a good night's sleep and having stretched out our limbs, and straightened our back and even clothed ourselves. We are then ready to begin a new day, all fresh with vigor and strength. The miracle of rest and the renewed strength is experienced every single morning. This is when we rise from our sleep to begin a new day with renewed energy. But as in the case of many other wonders which we see daily, or at least at regular intervals like the rising of the sun, and the changing of the seasons, our attention is usually not as excited by these events. So, we often not look at them in a particular manner. Strength is not always found in the quality of youth. Isn't that interesting? It is always found in hope and in confidence. Consider for instance, two people. One young and the other one old and both are walking in the same road. They are climbing the same mountain and with the goal far out of s

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 736 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Man is the only living creature that has to dress himself in clothes. Have you ever thought about that for a moment? All other animals and birds are born with their clothes on, or they grow their own clothes such as furs and feathers and so on. Now, these protect them from the elements; the cold, the heat, the rain, and anything else that they need protection from. Human beings wear clothes not just for protection against the elements. There are climates in certain parts of the world where no clothes are necessary for protection. Yet even the natives of those climates wear certain clothing, certain coverings. It's interesting, isn't it? Clothes are important because without those, a person is somewhat ashamed of who they may be. Every decent human being has an inborn sense of shame to display his nakedness. It is a sense of inborn decency and modesty to cover his body at all times. Modesty in clothing is considered differently

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 735 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond We are like people who are bound with ropes. When we wake up, we feel released. We are again, in control of our movements and we can get out of bed; but until that moment, we're tied. In a deeper sense, there are people who are tied hand and foot in a variety of ways. For instance, one may find oneself enmeshed in economic difficulty, or bound by financial obligation. One may find oneself a prisoner of circumstances. There are many ways to be bound up in life. Worse still, a person may be a captive of his own habits and inclination, and so they lose control over their actions. How is that? Why would anybody lose control of their actions and be bound hand and foot in these habits or inclinations? There is a way to release that. Think deeply about those actions. Some are difficult, or at least challenging. An alcoholic or a drug addict, for instance; some of these people have a disease. The symptoms these people have, need medical or

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast  – Day 734 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There are many good health habits in this world. Some we learned by ourselves and some that we are taught from families, friends, or parents. Brushing your teeth, sitting properly at the table, eating an apple a day will keep the doctor away, there are so many of these wonderful sayings. But some habits are destructive, and can, unfortunately, impede your health, or somewhat limit some of your general functions. Smoking, for instance, is one of them. Smoking will reduce your ability to run and often to do things in the happiest way. It will also control your mind at times by dictating what type of mood you will have. Drinking, interestingly enough, will have similar ideas. It might even restrict you from being able to have certain type of foods without being affected. Of course, someone who drinks excessively will also have a change in moods and be a totally different person. Drugs will also make you a different person. Ther

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast  – Day 733 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond I am a firm believer that many people try their best to have a different view on the world, and they strive to be good. Striving to be good is not something which is unique to one person. I truly believe that it is the goal of most people. Here’s a suggestion: you need to set forth a program for goodness, striving in the best way that you can with your mind and seeking the truth. Be able to critically examine every move that you make. Make sure that you conform with honesty and integrity. This will come through great efforts. This effort doesn’t imply that one must pulverize mountains, shatter boulders, and turn the world upside down in order to be good. The truth is that any act of goodness, whatever it may be, is perfectly satisfactory when performed with true intent. To achieve this kind of intense effort, meaning the studying of goodness in other people – this is what striving to be good means. If you bless someone when you me

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast  – Day 732 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond A great man once said, “The one who sees the consequences of his actions will actually lead a beautiful life. They will never come to do things that are either inappropriate, or not according to the ways of nature.” By seeing future consequences of an action, a person will make the right choices. And as a matter of fact, a person will always lead a good life. Only a clear recognition – so clear that it’s actually seen as a higher understanding – of the loss that will be caused by something done inappropriately, can safeguard a person from slipping into things which are not supposed to be done. Take a moment and analyze your situation. Look at the things that you should be doing, or not be doing, and you will lead a very good life. One who sees the consequences understands that what will happen in the future may not be the right thing and therefore they will be held back from doing things which they’re not supposed to do. A person

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast  – Day 731 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond Are you worrying about things in your life? You may worry about losing some of the things that you have accumulated, or perhaps losing a close friend or a relative. Or maybe even losing an opportunity. How does worry help you in any way? Think about it for a second, what does worrying bring you? Worrying, is a disease, and if it spreads it can be dangerous. It doesn’t bring anything at all. It doesn’t even help you. If anything, it makes you depressed, upset, and often wondering about what the future will be. Why worry? Why not let nature, life, and the eagerness to live a good and happy life, be the one that guides you? Worrying only makes you sad, which is a pre-emptive option to make you anxious; and anxiety brings about more worrisome times. Worrying doesn’t do anything for you but destroy you. It destroys your ability to think and grow. The potential possibilities that are offered to you become destitute as worrying compl