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Do you LOVE yourself?
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We’re living in a world obsessed with one question: “What do I want?” What makes me happy? What feels right to me? What do I deserve? What will make me feel fulfilled? But maybe the obsession with the self is part of the reason so many people feel lost, anxious, and unfulfilled. When life becomes entirely about looking inward, we can end up trapped inside ourselves. Judaism offers a radically different direction: Stop asking only, “What do I want?” Start asking, “What am I here for?” Because sometimes, the way out of yourself… is to live for something bigger than yourself. #Judaism #Torah #Purpose #Meaning #SelfImprovement #JudaismOnFire
Categories:Jewish Religious Self-Improvement
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We are currently living in the most
self-curated, self-loved, self-absorbed,
and self-obsessed generation in all of
human history. You walk into a bookstore
and the largest section is the self-help
section. You have hashtags on Instagram,
#glowup, love yourself, look at
yourself, you are the mountain,
#itsallaboutyou, #youonlyliveonce.
Billions of views. You have influencers
where their entire career is morning
routines, and ice baths, and loving
yourself. We are living in a time where
the beauty industry is worth hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of billions of
dollars. More people today are getting
plastic surgery than ever in all of
human history. We are obsessed with
ourselves. So, you would think that in
such a society where we are so into
caring for ourselves, that we would all
be running around so loved. We would
feel so cared for and emotionally
stable, right? Well, the statistics do
not seem to bear that out. Suicide rates
in the United States have risen by
roughly 37% since the year 2000. About
one in four Americans are diagnosed with
depression. Antidepressants are among
the most commonly prescribed medications
in the country. Roughly one in five
adults experience anxiety every year.
Roughly one in six adults experience a
major depressive episode at some point
in any given year. Among young people,
anxiety levels have been the highest
they've ever been in all of recorded
history. Emergency room visits for
self-harm amongst teenagers more than
doubled in the past decade. So, my
obvious question to you is if we are so
massively obsessed with ourselves, and
loving ourselves, and caring for
ourselves, what isn't working? Why in
the world
is it failing so drastically?