SB, Briut, Tried-123, sci1977, Bestrong88, and everyone else: Have a great Pesach!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you,

Dov

I really like that mashal Tried 123, as well as Briuts.

SB, your thread brings out the best in everyone!

Wishes for a geuladike chag everyone;
both klal and prat

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So this is the official "wishing good Yom Tov" thread....

OK... I'll jump in....

Have a great Yom Tov of Peace and Love...-All'oya

SB: for all the times you've come to the rescue of someone on this site, thanks; may HKB'H come and rescue you from every narrow strait and bring you to a good`and expansive place.

A Zissen Pesach.

Amen - and the same to you, Briut!

In fact, may that blessing go out to everyone here!

KEEP ON TRUCKING!!

Thanks, Sci! Great to hear from you!

I was recently reading two rather different books, but they seemed to connect interestingly - One was Michtav M'eliyahu, from R' Dessler, and the other was Addictive Thinking, by Dr. Twerski.

R' Dessler was discussing how, when we start to think about how difficult a nisayon is, the yetzer hora has already put one over us. once we start thinking about how difficult a test is, the more we focus on it, the harder it becomes, and the less we're able to beat it.

Dr. Twerski was discussing how many addicts develop morbid thoughts, and as they start to get clean, become anxious. They feel impending disaster, and have a feeling that the good things just can't last.

We have to remind ourselves that it just isn't true. We can be clean, we can have a good life, and we can be happy!

Welcome back, SB ! We missed you during Chol Hamoed.

Thanks! Like the name-change, by the way.

I've been busy recently, and will probably become more so as time goes on, but I'm going to try to stick around, even if I may not be as active as I was in the past...

B"H, life continues to go well. Sure, I get urges sometimes. But I do my best to stay aware that they're just that - urges. Not something I need. Rather, something I can smile indulgently at, like I would at a small child wanting to drink a cup of bleach, and say, "I really don't think that's such a good idea right now, OK?"

:D

silentbattle wrote on 11 Apr 2010 05:09:


Haha, I got a good laugh outa that line, Im not sure about you but a cup of bleach would probally do me less damage than P(*) or Mas#$(b!@#(!!!!!

Thanks for the laugh and Really happy to hear your doing well

silentbattle wrote on 07 Apr 2010 16:29:


Music to my ears. Music!!

I'd like to just add the words "with Help" before each "we" in your sentence above. I know that's what you meant, but feel that it's nice to spell it out as often as possible.... ;D

Blah, blahdeblah-blah....

Thank you Dov!

I actually meant to say more that the possibility exists, rather on who's doing it 

Had a sudden extra-strong urge today. Some stress in my life probably contributed to it a bit, plus some other things going on.

With hashem's help, I was able to get up an walk away. I was able to say, "wow, that is a really strong urge!" But still see the urge as something that's a bit separate from me, and therefore, not something I have to respond to!

Thank you hashem, thank you GYE!

Thanks for sharing that, SB!