Due to the suggestion of someone very special to us at GYE I am starting this new poll.

It seems that many of us are having a difficult time these days. Down and depressed, falling, tripping and slipping, you name it. It is happening to our best soldiers, our strongest and bravest men and women. It has been brought to my knowledge that during the three weeks, there seemed to be a similar occurrence. Maybe the Y"H realizes that we're all really strong together and in the wake of the New Year, he wants us down and out. Individual confrontations are not enough, so he is going for an all out group attack.

How do we respond? Can we stick together? (Even Guard is getting some hits here on the forum...  :-[)

If anything, please answer the poll above, so we can show each other in solidarity that we're clearly in this together and hopefully that will help us push through. Is GYE under attack?

I love you all.

Struggle

P.S. And all of you with fancy psukim and vortlech, feel free to add...

I got to go to Mincha (I can't wait till bardichev gets a minyan together) but in the mean time check out this thread. rehab-my-site.com/guardureyes/forum/index.php?topic=236.0

ye, Is there any connection to Elul? Cuz I'm feeling doubly bad that it's happening in a time when I'm supposed to do teshuva, not sin again...

the point is that the y"h is on an all out attack against us as a group, not to get down b/c it's elul
and besides, one can do teshuva in a second, so going into the new year, if we have the right attitude, we can nail this guy (the y"h), so we lost a battle or two on the way, who's perfect?
we are in this together and we're gonna pull through stronger than ever

I MADE REFERANCE TO THIS ISSUE IN MY POST IN THE E.N.

LULAI HISMAMANU KI ATTA SHAVNU ZEH PAAMAYIM

IT IS TWICE AS HARD DURING THE YEAR

TH YH HAS ONE TRICK LEFT IN HIS BAG

LAZINESS,TARDINESS,PROCRASTINATE

HE THE YH KNOWS THE POWER OF ELLUL

SO HE WILL PUSH YOU OFF

ANOTHER PART OF THE TRICK IS

UCHH ITS TOO HARD TO DO TESHUVAH

LOOK THE RABBEINU YOINAH IS SOOOO LONG

UCHH I WILL NEVR DO 'COMPLETE ' TESHUVAH

TRAP TRAP TRAP

DANGER BEWARE DANGER

ANY TESHUVAH IS TESHUVAH

THE YH KNOWS THE KOACH OF TESHUVAH

15-20-30 YEARS OF HIS WORK

CONVINCING YOU THAT YOU CAN NOT DO TESHUVAH

IS HIS ONLY TRICK

b

we have strategies, we have torah, we have EACH OTHER, and we have the most loving father in heaven who's waiting for us with open arms for us to run into! we can do this! we MUST do this! together! for GYE!

If we show the Ribbono Shel Olam (and ourselves) that we're serious about improving, we can all come into the Yomim Noraim with a spirit of renewal.

I posted this on my thread with some slight variations.

This is my take on this Elul / Yomim Noraim and I think many of us here can relate.

For several years I've come before the Ribono Shel Olam before Rosh Hashana with one kabalah.

"Ribono Shel Olam, this year I plan on being better with my Shmiras Anayim.
Both in the street & on the computer.
No Internet surfing
No image searches
No blog searches
No inappropriate blog reading
etc...

And Ribono Shel Olam although You and I know that I made this kabalah last year and I have nothing to show for it. And I am not worthy of your mercy or of being kept alive this year, it was not because I wanted to go against Your will, it's because of this terrible addiction that plagues me. So Ribono Shel Olam, please forgive me for my aveiros of last year, grant me another year of life and give me the strength to do Your will this year."

This year I willl be making almost the same kabalah and much of the same statements, with one important difference.

Ribono Shel Olam, during this past year and especially recently...

I WAS BETTER!
I MADE IMPROVEMENTS!
I GUARDED MY EYES!
I INSTALLED AN INTERNET FILTER!
I GAVE AWAY THE PASSWORD!

Now You and I know that I was far far far from perfect , and have worlds to improve in this area, but please grant me a new year of life and allow me to continue to grow and improve.

me3

AH

GIT

GEBENTCHED

YUR!!!

Hashem is going to have such nachas/nachat from us this r"h!