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And now, the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show.

The more the world changes, the more we find comfort in the things that never change.

This is Rabbi Daniel Appen on demand, on the Blaze Radio Network.

Welcome to the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show, where I, your rabbi, reveal how the world really works.

Thanks for being part of the show.

Thank you for helping to promote the show, as you're always doing so so effectively and thank you for being a happy

warrior happy yeah because happy is a decision happy is not subject to external circumstances

happy regardless of whatever is going on in your life, happy is a state of mind.

You decree, you know why?

Because you are captain of your own ship.

You are the one who decides what your mood is like.

And one of the very best ways of making sure that you are in a happy frame of mind all the time,

because what right do you have to impose your miserable mood on the people you live with

and the people that you work with?

What possible right do you have to pollute their

world with your misery and your unhappy feelings? No, you're not allowed to do that. It is a moral

obligation on each and every one of us to be happy. How do you do it? You do that by expressing

gratitude. Start off your day. I've told you this before, but even if you're skeptical, even if you

think this is rabbinic smoke and mirrors, even if you think I am pulling the rabbinic wool over your eyes, try it. Start off every day by writing down

a few things for which you're grateful. Really, I mean, even before you get out of bed, have your

bunch of three by five index cards held together by a rubber band. I've shown you how to do this

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