# Standing Small but Living Large. The Secret to Inner Strength in Times of Global Tension

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Podcast: [Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912)
Published: 2026-05-08T15:56:29+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meaningful-life-skills/episodes/Standing-Small-but-Living-Large--The-Secret-to-Inner-Strength-in-Times-of-Global-Tension-e3j3de0
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In trying to take the pulse of our times, one senses a deep tension in the air — both personally and globally. It’s a strange paradox. On one hand, humanity is experiencing unprecedented prosperity, technological breakthroughs, breathtaking advances in AI, longer life expectancy, and medical miracles once unimaginable. Each day seems to unveil another revelation. And yet, beneath it all hangs a cloud of uncertainty. Perhaps it became most acute during COVID in 2020, but the tremors began even earlier — rapid technological change, political upheaval, social disruption, a world shifting beneath our feet. We are living through an age defined by one word: disruption. And disruption unsettles the human spirit. Because human beings long for stability. We want to know where we stand. We seek coordinates, direction, predictability. When so much feels unknown, anxiety quietly settles beneath the surface: What will tomorrow bring? What kind of world are we handing to our children? And so the question becomes: How do we navigate in such times? How do we remain balanced and grounded when the world around us feels increasingly unstable? This is not merely a personal struggle. It affects our families, our communities, and the global human family. Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson in exploring timeless wisdom and immortal tools that have guided human beings through uncertainty, upheaval, and crisis for generations. Discover the method to living with strength in unstable times.

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