Thought For The Day No. 44 - With The Rabbi Anders Weiss

...psychologist, spiritual guru and arbiter of good taste..

Today I am more convinced then ever that what each of us really wants, deep down, is more life. Happiness, success, peace of mind, or whatever your own conception of supreme good may be, is experienced in its essence as more life. When we experience expansive emotions of happiness, self-confidence, and success, we enjoy more life. And to the degree that we inhibit our abilities, frustrate our God-given talents and allow ourselves to suffer anxiety, fear, self condemnation and self-hate, we literally choke off the life force available to us and turn our back upon the gift which our creator has made. To the degree that we deny the gift of life, we embrace death.

Maxwell Maltz