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The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Ep 92 | Finding and Using The Right Tools To Fix…Your Life

The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Blaze Podcast Network

Religion, Philosophy, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

You wouldn’t accept laziness or greed in yourself, would you? So why accept unhappiness? Far from the benign maternal spirit fondly imagined by environmentalists and secular fundamentalists, “Mother Nature” is actually trying to kill you. It might be malaria or diphtheria, it could be mosquitoes or mountain lions. Getting lost on a hike and dying of thirst happens to more people than being mysteriously rescued by Gaia or Mother Nature. So we come up with cures for diseases and we build seawalls to protect us from hurricanes. Overcoming nature and defeating her homicidal tendencies is what we are to do. And nothing is harder and nothing is more valuable than learning how to defeat our own internal lower natures. Jeep cars and Craftsman tools (Don’t buy them now!) and the real financial value of reputation, yes yours! The very best place to purchase tools. Think you were just unlucky? Think again. Think you were lucky? Think again. Look younger by identifying the number one culprit that causes lines and wrinkles on your face. Develop your potential with this: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/chart-your-course-journal/ How to get into the happy habit.  Sorry about this, but Hollywood is dead wrong! There is not only one person whom you can marry and live happily ever after with. The secrets of making it work. Guys, it really is not about finding the right girl. It is about becoming the right man. Failing a commitment to yourself is just as serious as failing a commitment to someone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:34.1

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

0:42.3

Welcome, distinguished happy warrior.

0:47.0

Welcome to the Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, where your rabbi reveals how the world really works.

0:57.4

And happy warrior, yes, you probably already know why I call you happy warriors and why I

1:04.9

think of you and me as a happy warrior.

1:08.9

But there's actually something else too.

1:11.7

And it's something we've not spoken about before, but I thought you should be aware of it.

1:15.3

And that is the natural default of human beings is to be pessimistic, cowardly, and miserable.

1:25.0

It really is.

1:26.6

You think about how a baby is born. A baby comes into the world miserable

1:30.9

for good reason, you know, out of a comfortable place into this harsh world of bright lights and

1:38.4

doctors patting tushes and all kinds of things going on. But the baby's not naturally happy.

1:46.4

And little by little, we try and make the baby happy, first of all by manipulating the

1:52.3

environment, keeping the baby warm and dry and well fed.

1:57.1

But as time goes by, wise parents educate a baby to be happy, to make itself happy.

2:06.8

But the natural condition is miserable, whiny, complaining, grumbly.

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And the important thing to understand is that just like other defaults, right,

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