Personal Life

For 25 years, Rabbi Simon Jacobson has advised people of all backgrounds on how to find purpose. The free resources on this page will help you to write your own personal mission statement.

GROW INTO THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE

Every single person matters. Everyone has something important to contribute and say. This section features creative “voices” from the Meaningful Life Center Community.

True love and marriage is the process of two halves of one soul reuniting again for all eternity. This is why everyone is looking for it.

After many hours of looking for food, a bird returns to its nest, taking comfort in its warmth and safety. Your home and family are your nest.

Birth marks the beginning of our mission on earth, to transform the material into the spiritual. Therefore, for a person whose life consists of spiritual gains, life never truly ends.

When you equate your self-worth with your bank account, the result is anxiety. But when you equate money with divine gifts, the result is an invaluable blessing.

When you awake in the morning, while you are still lying in bed, think for a moment: What does it mean to be awake and alive?

The real question we must ask is not just why we sometimes feel such acute pain, but what we are meant to learn from it.

Latkes on Chanukah… Cheesecake on Shavuot… Matzah on Pesach... Apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah… What are you really hungry for?

What champagne is to celebration; what flowers are to romance; what music is to joy – a story is to life.