STOP wasting your LIFE (2024)

ALLAH IS ONE

9/21/2024

ALLAH IS ONE

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00:00Do you know what day of the week you are most likely to die from a heart attack?

00:11Take a guess.

00:12I'll give you a second.

00:15It's Monday.

00:16Care to guess what time?

00:20It is between 8 and 9 a.m.

00:24Do you know what else happens Monday at 8?

00:27That is the same day and time people get ready to go into jobs.

00:33They hate.

00:34Coincidence?

00:35I don't think so.

00:36Take a look at this chart.

00:41This is the lifespan of the average person.

00:46On average, we live about 80 years.

00:49If we're lucky, we start working at about 18 and we work, work, work and retire at about

00:5567.

00:56Now, what does this tell you?

01:00That for better or for worse, the majority of your life will be spent at work.

01:09Do not spend that time unhappy.

01:14Like my friend Jay.

01:16See Jay would always say, when I finish school, then I'll be happy.

01:23Jay finished school, but he wasn't happy.

01:27So then Jay said, when I get a job, then I'll be happy.

01:32Jay got a job, but he still wasn't happy.

01:36So Jay said, when I get married, settle down and have kids, then I'll be happy.

01:43Well, he got married, settled down, had two kids, but still wasn't happy.

01:49So then Jay said, okay, when the kids leave home and I retire, then I'll be happy.

01:56Well, the kids left home and he retired, but he still wasn't happy.

02:01So Jay started going to church and I asked Jay why he was going to church so much.

02:08And he said, because when I die, then I'll be happy.

02:18Jay's story, however sad, is not unique.

02:22I could have replaced Jay with Johnny or Bonnie.

02:26In fact, Jay's initials stand for just about everybody.

02:33Many of us are like Jay, but it is not our fault.

02:36We have been tricked to stay stuck in jobs that are literally making us sick and to be

02:43and then people.

02:45You know about the and then people, right?

02:49It's people who constantly say, and then I'll be happy.

02:54Ladies and gentlemen, we must go from living as and thens to becoming right nows.

03:02We have to be happy right now.

03:04How?

03:05We must either find a job we love or bring more love into our jobs.

03:11But it's time to step out of the rat race because the funny thing is, even if you win,

03:17make a load of money, hold up the trophy that everybody hails, you're still a furry rogue

03:23with a pointy nose and long tail.

03:27Wake up.

03:28Stop playing with your life.

03:30This ain't a video game.

03:32This ain't Mario Kart.

03:33This ain't Fortnite.

03:34There is no try again, but no option to redo this level when the game's over, game's over.

03:42But there is one cheat code to the human console, and that is to take control and to stop buying

03:48into the lies society has told, like how overworking is cool and being stressed out is a status symbol.

03:56Oh, and I almost forgot the biggest lie, keep a work life balance.

04:02Now on the surface, you may not see how crazy that sounds, but think about it, work life

04:08balance.

04:09Shouldn't it be the other way around?

04:13Shouldn't life come before work?

04:15Because when your life is better, your work is better, but don't take my opinion.

04:19Harvard professor Sean Acor recently discovered something fantastic, which he calls the happiness

04:25advantage.

04:27His studies prove that 75% of job success can be predicted by not how smart you are,

04:34not how talented you are, but how happy you are.

04:39His research is decisive.

04:41He says when you're happy, your intelligence rises, creativity rises, your productivity

04:46rises, and you know what else is funny?

04:50You also make more money.

04:54But here's the real kicker, you live longer too.

04:57I know, it sounds too good to be true, but yes, optimists actually live longer than pessimists,

05:04so you could stretch this graph a few extra years if this time here is filled with more

05:09joy and cheer.

05:11Let me be clear, do not take this message lightly, it is your duty to be happy for your

05:17own sake.

05:18I don't care if you're here at the end, it is never too late to trade in your deadlihood

05:23for a livelihood and refuse to suffer during the weekdays, ironic they call it that, because

05:30you're literally in a weekdays where you're constantly waiting for the weekend.

05:35See, I believe so many people die of heart attacks because they are involved in work

05:41that their hearts are just not in.

05:45I believe people have low vital signs because they are involved in work that is not vital

05:51to them.

05:53My friends, happiness is a choice, but anyone who says it's easy has lied.

06:00It ain't easy, but you have to try.

06:03The first step is to look inside and remember the quote that the Buddha wrote 2,000 years

06:08ago which I believe today for most people still applies.

06:15The problem is, you think you have time.

06:23Stop wasting your life.

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