BY BAYO OGUNMUPE
Choices That Shape Your Future Happiness
WHEN life pushes you over, you
must stand up and push back ever harder. Where there are crossways, and choices
to make, make the ones your future self will thank you for. In the circumstance
start modeling your future today.
One, choose to be you. Wearing a mask wears
you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to
be who you know you aren’t. No matter
how loud their opinions are, they cannot choose who you are. You have to choose
yourself, even if nobody else is choosing you.
Two, by being positive, you increase your
self confidence and self-esteem by hundred per cent. You cannot live a positive
life with a negative attitude. Heaven on Earth is a choice we must make, not a
place we must find. Let every day be a dream you can touch. Let every hour be a
love you can feel. Let every minute be a reason to live. Life is too short to
be anything but action.
Three, letting go: The only reason that makes
this a big part of your life is that it keeps you thinking. The biggest step in
changing the world is to change the world within you. Never cry over the past
for it is gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. Just live in
the present; concentrate on the things you can control and take one small step
at a time.
Four, picking yourself up; where you are in
life is temporary, where you end up in life is permanent, how you get from here
to there is entirely up to you. So, don’t give up. You can only be as great as
you imagine. Sometimes when things go wrong; it is because they would have
turned out worse if they had gone right.
Five, taking action: the happiest and most
successful people are usually those who have broken the chains of procrastination.
Such people always find satisfaction in doing
the job at hand. They are full of eagerness, passion and productivity. You must
be action oriented too. For example, success in real estate is about location.
Likewise, success in life is about action.
Our champion this week is Adin Steinsaltz,
the Hebrew rabbi, teacher and philosopher who has been hailed by Time Magazine
as a once in a millennium scholar. He has devoted his life to making the Talmud
accessible to all Jews.
Steinsaltz translated the Talmud to modern
Hebrew, English and Russian with a running commentary to facilitate learning.
Beginning in 1989, Stensaltz published
several tractates of the Babylonian Talmud in an English – Hebrew edition.
Steinsaltz was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1937 to secular parents. He studied
rabbinical studies along with mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University.
After graduation he became a school teacher and at age 23, became Israel’s
youngest school principal.
In 1965, he founded an Institute for Talmudic
Publications and began the translation of the Talmud and the Kabbalah. He
completed his Hebrew edition of the Babylonian Talmud in November 2010. The
Steinsaltz Talmud is widely regarded in Israel, the United States and the world
in general.
Regarding access that his work provides,
Steinsaltz says: ‘‘I never thought that spreading ignorance has any advantage,
except for those who are in a position of power and want to deprive others of
their rights and spread ignorance in order to keep them underlings.” The quote
provides my assessment of our present educational structure. By the current
knowledge system, our leaders are keeping us ignorant in order to keep us
underlings.
The Steinsaltz Talmud and Kabbalah represent
Jewish philosophy and mysticism. In the same veins, the 1 Ching: the Chinese
Book of Changes with 64 Lexagrams: 16 multiplied by four. Similarly is the Ifa
Orunmila of the Yoruba with 256 hexagrams which is 16 multiplied by 16. Thus,
Steinsaltz gained acclaim and many awards for popularizing Israeli culture and
mysticism in the 21st century. It is hoped our people will borrow a
leaf from Steinsaltz’s 60 books and two million volumes of his Talmud by
starting the revival of national traditions and cultures.
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