Back in June, Bruce asked London: "What can you see in my posts that I should be grateful for?"

I would like to share my response, with apologies to those who read it already and are still groaning  :

If I may weigh in: for starters, if pornography is difficult for you to avoid, you are, obviously, able to see; those who are blind don't face this particular test.

I have tried to remind myself that the Talmudic principle of Meegoo should apply here (albeit, not an exact application):
G-d doesn't owe us anything, and could have made us blind.  G-d, therefore, has a Meegoo: since he could have made us blind, the least we can do is to avoid abusing the gift of sight.

Not to be too silly, but to remind ourselves of this Meegoo, why not post a picture of "Mr. Magoo" near our computers?  No one will have a clue why it's there, but it can remind us that eyesight is a gift, and that none of us want to be like Mr. Magoo, who won't ever be faced with the test of pornography.

Kedusha, I like your ideas. They're very creative!

Momo wrote on 07 Sep 2009 12:14:


Thank you, Momo.  I like you! 

Kedusha wrote on 07 Sep 2009 13:38:


Thanks.
I don't like me, but that's a whole different can of worms...
I wish I was better looking, cooler, normal, happy, content, and the list goes on and on...

On The Road wrote on 06 Oct 2009 21:36:


Great - finally, someone is taking my idea seriously!  :D

I have a white-list filter, can't access... Can someone e-mail me Mr.Magoo please?

guardureyes wrote on 07 Oct 2009 14:02:


R. Guard,

I just e-mailed it to you.

Momo wrote on 07 Sep 2009 13:41:


Momo,
You're one of the best looking guys I know.

-Uri

Btw all those descriptions fit my neighbor's dog perfectly.
Dogs have those things naturally.
You gotta bring them out.
Love you man

All right, I finally made Mr. Magoo my desktop background! 

Kedusha wrote on 14 Oct 2009 00:13:


My wife passed by the computer and said "THAT'S your desktop?!"  :D ;D

All right, I took down Mr. Magoo, and put back up the picture of me, my wife, and two youngest children, which has been my desktop for the past 4-5 months.

I made Mr. Magoo my desktop background. I always think about my eyesight (and what it would be like to live without it) during the brocha of modim. It's such an awesome gift, yet we rarely take the time to appreciate it.

And one more thing! I was reading the wiki article about Mr. Magoo.
"Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, or myopia, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem."
Could it get ANY more perfect than that!!  ;D

Great observation!

Chevra, it's time to resurrect this old thread!

Yesterday, I had the unusual experience of assisting two blind people, each incident having nothing to do with the other. In the morning, as I was arriving at my office, a blind woman with a seeing eye dog asked me if she was at the correct building. I assured her that she was.

In the evening after Maariv, I gave a ride home to a blind man who gets around with a walker (in other words, he is not only unable to see, but has trouble walking). After I dropped him off at his apartment building, I saw that he was having major difficulty finding the front entrance, so I got out of the car and led him in the right direction.

Rabbosai, being able to see is a tremendous gift from the Ribbono Shel Olam. Indeed, it's an astounding miracle. Let's appreciate it, and use it only for good things going forward - one day at a time, of course!

Kedusha wrote on 12 Feb 2015 15:36:

For the past 15/20 minutes, I have been starin' at my screen in a kinda shock and perusin' some of Kedusha's old posts. I came to GYE when he was already several years' clean and several thousand posts. He was a man on a mission. He wrote short and to the point. He was a true advocate for shmiras einayim. From the first day back in 2009 when he installed a filter that didn't have a loophole. He was always postin' shiurim, links to articles, books, etc. that promoted kedushah. [L'havdil elef havdalos, I always wonder what would happen when I pass; would anyone even know? Would there be a eulogy here? I kinda hope not (unless they would delete all the compromisin' posts - which tally in the thousands).] He was a true gibbor and a stalwart of holiness. 

Readers - please take some time and search out his old posts. I don't remember knowin' that he was sick. I probably picked a fight or two with him in my days and I have a sinkin' feelin' right now. Personally, I have a 'kedusha' oath (which I usually don't advocate for) thru the end of Yom Kippur; in his memory and zchus, I am extendin' it until the conclusion of Simchas Torah.

With tears flowin' - yehei zichro boruch!