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God didn't promise days without pain, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day and light for the way.

Don't give up on your dreams. If you fall, get back up and keep trying until you succeed.

Reb Yochanan says: "Where we find the greatness of Hashem, we find His humility." What Dov means, is that Hashem's humility manifests itself in that He truly understands our limitations and continues to love us even in our sinfulness and insanity. For Hashem, that is humi...

No person in the world is as dirt-poor as the luster. - Dov

HOPE stands for: Hold On, Pain Ends

 “Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” — Wayne Dyer

“You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.” — Jerry Garcia

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” — Lao Tzu

 “There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” — Jim Rohn

 “If you only pray when you’re in trouble, you’re in trouble.”

“Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

 “A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. -Eleanor Roosevelt

“Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” — Naval Ravikant 

The Holy Ruzhiner Rebbe zy”a interpreted the verse in Tehillim (37:10) “In a little while, the wicked is no more; reflect upon his place, and he is gone.” This means that “in a little while,” - shortly after sinning - “the wicked is no more” - the person no longer wants to be wicked for he regrets his sin. Therefore, it is better that he "reflect upon his place” - he should think before he commits the sin, at the place of the sin - and then “he is gone” - he will not commit the sin at all.

"It is easier to stay sober than to get sober."

G-d has only three answers: "Yes", "Not right now", or "I have something better planned for you".

Instead of telling Hashem how big your struggles are, tell your struggles how big Hashem is.