By the way, as an aside - soda bottles can really go crazy if you freeze them a bit then open them. Make sure you have lots of paper towels, and that you're tall enough to clean the ceiling. Really.

Thanks for the chizuk, everyone! Ano - awesome to have you drop by! Tried - I think I'm going to keep calling you Trying anyway. And if female Trying is reading this thread, I'm sure she'll take no offense. Shlomo - you know it always makes me smile when you drop by! Thanks!

My day - stressful, with occasional bursts of desire. Life carries on. I just wish there were simple answers.

silentbattle wrote on 09 Mar 2010 01:19:


Ok Ok Ok, I"ll make an exception for you....

Thanks 

I was glad this morning when I realized that in general, I don't think about coworkers in a lustful way...but i think that I do get on the lust train, I just manage to get off before it's gone to far. I'd rather not get on at all - in fact, why am I even at that station?!

silentbattle wrote on 09 Mar 2010 01:19:

Bursts, Schmursts.

How's that for simple?



Davening and getting busy are the main on-the-spot tools I know of, but slowly having our motivations change and simplfying our awareness of Hashem over time in recovery is the real key, in the end. And anyway - in the end - there will still be times of occasional bursts. Wer'e pickles.
And still, the answer to them will need to be "Burst Schmurst!" and do what Reb b teaches us: Keep On Trucking...we can outlast any burst (or schmurst, for that matter).

Sounds like a good plan!

Thanks, Dov!

A few thoughts...one on the Daily Dose of Dov - I think that working for a madreigah is bad...but all of the things we do, we're trying to grow - and we do end up on a higher madreigah. Being a better person, being on a higher madreigah - same thing. But if our goal is to be on a higher madreigah, we're in trouble, and probably soon going to be in more. Also, sometimes we need a certain "madreigah" (not sure if we're using it in the same way) - for example, being a person that actually decides what they're going to do in life, and not just going with the flow, and following the yetzer hora (or disease) - that's a madreigah that we need to get to.

Anywho.

Another thought thaty's been on my mind for a while - the daled-amos laser pointer.

It's been brought up as a joke, and mentioned in passing a few times.

And my reaction is - is it so far off? I think not.

OK, not about the laser pointer for a 4-amos boundary, but the idea of not looking outside of our daled amos...why do we look? We look because we're interested in what's out there. And that's never a good start...

Halocha - "every person is koneh his daled amos". That's it.

OK, now I'm totally confused!

Been a relatively quiet last few days...despite a bunch of stressful things happening in my life. Hashem is with me, I shall not fear. ;D

Continuing to work on myself, trying to have fewer second glances at women in the street. Just not something I need.

Knowing you are with G-d and he is with you is all you need.  All the rest of life will come. 

hey silent,

you do have a packed thread!

Have a great shabbos

yes - packed with wonderful people, including yourself!

Hi everyone - had a great shabbos, very relaxing. Stress levels...well, considering everything that's going on, in every area of my life, I'm not as stressed as i thought I'd be. Interesting.

Keep on trucking!!  Have a great week.

Stopped by to check out the action.
Figured I'd leave some graffiti...





7Up WaS hERe!!!

Great - now there'll be gangs hanging out, and people selling tangy taffys from dark alleyways... ;D

Thanks everyone! I'm keeping busy, and that seems to be working. Certain areas in my life are leading me to be slightly triggered, but working on staying focused.