This document discusses several topics related to psychology and spirituality. It examines positive psychology and how focusing on happiness and well-being can improve health. It also discusses denial and how ignoring problems can be dangerous. Finally, it considers why righteous people suffer and quotes from religious texts about dealing with pain and having courage during difficult times.

1. WAKE UP: You only live once

6. Push your COW

7. Remember:
if your happy, sad, old, young,
beautiful, ugly, healthy or sick
everyone grows old and dies

8. That’s life

10. "A teacher of mine used to say: 'the
expectation that the world will treat you
fairly because you're a good person is like
expecting a bull not to attack you because
you are a vegetarian.’

11. “It can always be worse”

12. Positive Psychology

13. The primary focus of psychology was treating
Abnormal behavior and mental illness, this
traditional approach changed during the 1950s
when humanist thinkers like Maslow developed
an interest in two new areas by developing
theories that focused on happiness and the
positive aspects of human nature.

14. Positive psychology examines positive feelings
Projected into the future, which include
optimism, hope, belief and security

15. Denial

26. The thought getting caught crossed my mind,
but you prefer you ignore, because you
prefer not to confront it

27. Denial is one of the most dangerous
phenomenon's today

29. Because we are humans

30. What's pissing you
off?

32. Because they worry

34. 3 Stage model to
reduce worry

46. people who think positive thoughts are less sick

47. When you learn how to die you learn how to
live?

51. "Why do the righteous suffer?”

52. While he [was] yet speaking, there
came also another

54. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters;
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the
Lord forever.
Psalm 23

55. God gives us the courage to
deal with problems and pain that
are going to be there one way
or the other.

56. Instead of saying
“G-D why did you
do this to me?

57. G-D look what's happening to me

58. Unetanneh Tokef
…who will die at his predestined time and who
before his time; who by water and who by fire,
who by sword, who by beast….”

59. Praying and living a life of a zadik and
integrity does not promise that bad
things will not happen

60. So why do the righteous suffer?
• What is the only thing worse then seeing
people suffer?

61. Who said life is easy?
“My God, I cry out by day, but
you do not answer…” (psalms
22)

62. But life is still beautiful

63. God gives people power to deal with problems
and pain that are inevitable

65. u should say
od look what's happening to me

66. So why do go people suffer?

68. “life becomes less
complicated when you
don’t expect to win”

69. “arrival fallacy”
Only rarely does reaching a goal
give a person the level of happiness they had
anticipated.

70. Who decides if you are
happy?

72. Thank you for
your kind
attention

73. Based on the book

74. Good Health