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Spiritual calisthenics and staying where you are

Maybe, sometimes, his will is already right there, right where we already are.

Simcha Fisher
Jul 23, 2026
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Remember the Shake Weight? Remember the Abdominizer? Remember the Ab Roller, ThighMaster, Bowflex Xtreme?

Once we believed all we had to do was buy this stuff, set it up, and inevitably proceed to become ripped, buff, jacked, swole, or achieve buns of steel, possibly for only five easy payments of $19.99.

Maybe we tried these gimmicks for a while, and the…

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