An oak tree..
A bush....
What else...? ;D

Howbout a watermelon.....?
(Big, Juicy, Sweet, etc.)

watermelons are a member of the cucumber family?

why settle for being a cucumber - when you can be a pickle.
and once you realize you are a pickle - you'll never want to go back to being a cucumber...or something like that.

There was some craziness going on at home I had to leave...

I am currently in a hotel myself, loosing strength...

May G-d be with me...

Nu? Are you home? What's happening? Are you moving from avdus l'cherus, or what?  RSVP.

Sure you wanna know?

All my stuff are in the trunk of my Prius (No this one has good brakes... I think :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\)

Things got a little better though...

You know, I felt deserted but NU G-d didn't leave me for the wolves, that's the good news....

As far as Kedusha stuff.... I am proudly doing very good

Muh  :-* Muh  :-* Muh   :-*
thank you G-d....

(Don't worry your not the first to realize that I'm..... Well unique (to put it nicely.... :D :D)

You know even in the darkest of times... I feel that G-d did not totally desert me...

He gives me these tiny winy one of these:  every now and then... Just to let me know he's there....

Gevald!!!!!

I loved your insight GUard quoted in the chizuk email.
Slow but sure change is not necessarily noticable on a daily basis,
especally when we are standing too close.

Personally,  I dont think Im off in noticing change in your attitude since you first joined.
That tiny-winy  change which is bringing you closer to your Tatty in shamayim.
And for every 1/4 step you take closer, HE is moving mountains in order to enable you to reach Him that much sooner!

7Up wrote on 27 Mar 2010 20:33:


Thanks...

I am not sure...

You see it could just be a fluctuation.... In a week from now I may be back to...You know... the whole Hashem is out to get me thingy...

It is my belief that Huge very noticeable change in a short time is short lived....

Real progress is the kind you sweat for day after day after day...

So Tried, why are you allowing yourself to change so quickly... It wont last....?

Answer is that you never fight change... Even if you suspect that it'll be short lived why not go with it...

P.s. I only joined this place not too long ago... How did the whole 7up=MOM start?

Tried-123 wrote on 28 Mar 2010 03:18:



Even if you internalize a positive change or concept for only a second before once again falling,
that idea is NOW YOURS FOREVER.
It has become etched into your neshama, and no matter what happens after that, it will always be a part of you.
NO-one and nothing can ever remove that positive, ruchnius 'tattoo' from your neshama.
And even if you seem to fall and lose that madreiga,
whenever you want, it will be attainable once again.
Because once it was yours,
it will ALWAYS remain yours.

Check out this link. I think we all need to internalize its message and constantly review it...
rehab-my-site.com/guardureyes/forum/index.php?topic=574.msg7190#msg7190

lol
To be honest, I also dont remember how the "mom" thingy began! :D
As for the "7UP" though...

When I first joined GYE, I picked the name 7yipol; part of the pasuk "7 yipol tzaddik v'kum".
For some reason this name didnt pass muster with the gang, so they had a great time finding nicknames.
A wonderful old timer named Efshar Letakain, who has since passed on to the real world of live people BH decided on 7up. And ever since then, I have been the official soda pop of GYE! A wonderful honor, no?! ;D

Tried-123 wrote on 26 Mar 2010 22:35:


the LIGHT only has meaning against the backdrop of DARKNESS.
that is why the night comes before the dawn.

1 match against the backdrop of 1000 years of darkness - and LIGHT wins!

hang in there, bro!

chag sameach

dov in israel

I feel I need to join this conversation because I really identify with the theme of "Just trying".
I always tell my friends (and anyone else willing to listen to my rambling) that avodas hashem is not about succeeding, its about trying, about the struggle. I try to remind them that there is not ONE hero in the entire Tanach that completely succeeded in his avodas hashem. EVERYONE (even Avraham Avinu, even Moshe Rabbeinu) failed at points. The thing that unites them all - and all of us - is that we TRY.

Hatzlacha Rabba Tried123... to you and to all of us,

Dovek (secretly hoping to become the next GYE soft drink - don't tell 7up)

It's all about the struggle my friends....

My life has had so many times where I knew that everything was hopeless I knew that I was hopeless....

I saw absolutely no way out... Nothing... I was totally totally stuck.....

But here is the thing:
No matter What Where How or When, there is always a tiny winy step available that leads no where... but is yet just a centimeter further than where you are now...

R' Yitzchok Zilberstien said over a Morediga Vort:

When Klall Yisroel reached the Yam Suf they panicked.... They were running and just hit the Yam -a brick wall...

Moshe Prayed to Hashem...

What did Hashem answer?

Lomo Titsak Eloiy.....: Why are you screaming to me, go in to the Yam and it will split...

Why did Hashem say "Why are you screaming to me"?
What did he expect? That Moshe shouldn't Daven?

The answer is:

There was no reason to Daven because if they wouldn't have given up and instead would've continued into the water until the water was getting into their mouths... then the water would've split on it's own because they did their fullest....

The lesson is that even if you are stuck... Take whatever step there still is to take even if it leads no where....

Why?
because the Yeshua is in those steps.....

I've seen this happen with my very own eyes in my own life...
Numerous times....

Thank you R' DovinIsreal.... and DovekBahashem....

P.s. GYE can have various brands of Pop Soda the more the merrier

Peace and Love Holy Brothers...

:o :o :o

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Tried a gutten moed! B"H I see u made major progress with ur battle just keep it up, u r giving me tons of chizak