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Teen: you wrote “im very happy being where i am”.
Totally zero offense to you and I hope your privileged that I’m posting here because I don’t usually post these days, but I simply can’t believe your above statement.
It is simply not possible for you to be happy with life if your not living like a true Torah Jew I have very simply and clear- cut proofs for this. Take a celebrity that has everything in Olam Hazeh one could wish for- Elvis Presley. Money, fame he had more than anyone could ever dream for but he was so depressed he was on approx 200-250 anti- deppresents per DAY! Tell me how does that make sense? According to all logic he should be the happiest man in the world he had everything a man could wish for down here???
The answer is that one simply can’t be happy with temporary enjoyments like money or fame. Every pleasure I repeat every single pleasure in this world is temporary and not really happiness because the world make a mistake between excitement and happiness. Going on a roller coaster will not make you happy- it’s exciting.
Excitement can never give you real happiness. When you get older you’ll realize this more and more that the only fulfilling happiness in to be a true Torah Jew and live a true Torah lifestyle. This is Hashem’s gift to us that we can really be happy as oppose to the nations of the earth that we live in that are constantly looking and searching for temporary excitements and pleasures.
Please realize this and take it into account.
Hatzlocho Rabba and remember I am totally not trying to diss you or mix into your personal life story, rather hoping I turned on alight for you.