Fight For Your Lifestyle

What am I trying to accomplish today?

I am trying to live a life worth fighting for, worth sacrificing for.

People often look at a religious lifestyle and see only sacrifices. You can’t do this and you must do that. They look and say to themselves that’s not for me, it’s to much to give up.

The truth is any life worth living demands an enormous amount of effort and sacrifice.

On the most basic level if you want to be a doctor you can’t be a lawyer at the same time. If you are putting in extra hours at work to earn that bonus so you can save money for your kids, you may save money but you will miss spending more time with them.

If you want to be healthy and fit you must exercise and give up those potato chips that keep you going when the going gets tough.

You want to live a spiritual life. You realize that as hard as you try to achieve happiness by feeding your body, it simply wont work. You’re soul craves for nourishment, and you must feed it. Don’t be surprised if that is going to take some effort and sacrifice.

My neighbor wakes up at 4:45am to catch a 5:45am train to the city. He does not think that’s too much to give up to make a living. Maybe I should wake up that early and study Chasidus, after all you must fight for your lifestyle.