BenHashemBH wrote on 30 Apr 2025 14:21:
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Writing it out might make it seem like I was busy calculating all these things, and perhaps overdoing it, but in real-time the thoughts came and went pretty quickly and naturally. It feels good to acknowledge a level of control and enough awareness to maneuver the situation appropriately. Thank you Hashem for accepting my commitment and effort to do better, and helping me accomplish and appreciate an overall positive outcome. Kol Tov.
BHBH I can't thank you enough for taking the time to write this out!!! It's crucial to highlight and celebrate our own successes, and even more valuable posted on here where it inspires myself and others. I know I've had a couple situations recently where I was oimed b'nisayon in a way that made me feel incredible, and right afterwards I had a thought to write about it (either to capture the victory and feelings for myself or to also post it on here). But then I thought to myself, "it all happened naturally and was just a few seconds, and seeing it written out will seem silly and like I was awkwardly calculating every movement" so I refrained from writing. And now I forgot them altogether! What a waste of a
kiss from HKBH! (and it is surely a kiss from Him when I feel the geshmak of a victory!)
Now seeing you actually take the time to write it out, and how you address my thought that prevented me from doing the same, I know this is worthwhile, and so inspiring!! I definitely need the opportunity to work on celebrating victories, so bl"n I'll write it up the next time I have a similar situation... and b'zchuscha, BHBH, I'll post it!
AE