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Stop trying to convince people - do this instead:

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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So this old man and his son are living in this brutal cold winter in Eastern Europe. Son goes out one morning to work in the farm. He's freezing. He asks his father for the one coat that they have. And the old man says, "No, I need the coat for myself." The boy says, "No, I need the coat for myself. I'm working outside." They go to the rabbi. The rabbi listens to both sides and he says, "Your son is right." He gets the coat. He's working outdoors. They go home. The son tells his dad, "You see, I'm right." He puts on the coat. But when he sees his father trembling from the brutal cold, he just can't bear it anymore. He takes off his coat and he gives it to his father. The next morning, as the father watches his son going out to the freezing cold, brutal weather without a coat. And he sees his son trembling, he calls him and he says, "I can't deal with this. You take the coat." The boy says, "No, Dad. You take the coat." They get into a fight again. They go to the rabbi. The rabbi listens and he says, "You know, I have an idea. In my closet, I have an old coat. Here is a second coat. So, both of you could have a coat. The old man says, "Rabbi, why couldn't you come up with this idea? The first time around," the rabbi says, "The first time around, you came screaming, "It's my coat." Your son came screaming, "It's my coat." Subconsciously, I was screaming, "It's my coat." This time around, you were screaming, "It's your coat." Your son was screaming, "It's your coat." Subconsciously, I said to myself, I want to share my coat. It's the energy that we project to others that arouses and creates the results we all crave.