Sunday: Hardcopy 25-26, PDF 21-22.
"Realize that every time we control ourselves is a phenomenal achievement. We receive tremendous reward for each moment of self-control, even if we give in one minute later."
Key focus as I try to maintain a solid streak longer than 4 days!!!

Schedule for the next few days:
Sunday: Chapter 2: Pages 25-26
Monday: Pages 27-28
Tuesday: Pages 29-31
Wednesday: Chapter 3: Pages 33-34
Thursday: Pages 35-36
Friday/ Shabbos: Catch up if behind.

(subtract 4 from the page number if using the pdf)

As a side note, in shul Friday night the rabbi spoke about this story of Palti from last week's reading! Maybe he is part of this secret group? ;-)
Also, on Shabbos I shared this story with a group of 6 teenagers. Not one could figure out what the "mitzvah" was that Palti was sad about losing, forget about explain why he was sad about it. (They did know what the potential aveirah was.) May we be zocheh to see the day when all of klal yisroel from young to old are aware of the great opportunity for greatness that Hashem gave us with His mitzvos and nisyonos, and to see this palpable excitement in all of klal yisroel.

Captain wrote on 29 Oct 2023 13:14:

You daven in my Shul, Captain?!Amen to ומלאה ארץ דעת את ד' -  R' Yerucham said that more important than knowing your challenges is knowing your maalos - I don't think there is one teenager who doesn't know what the challenge of the generation, but to find one who knows what a tremendous opportunity we have - maybe one in a hundred!!!

Also regarding Palti , listen to r sruly bornstein (Lakewood Daf Yomi) on kedushin 48. Reid bite titled הייליג.

L'toeles HaRabim:
Hillel S was kind enough to provide the latest edition pdf which has pages that are matching the hardcopy.
It is located here for now:
drive.google.com/file/d/1falIF1_WMt-Jcer6x2cGNpMqc_kFLm6a/view?pli=1
He also sent it to GYE to ask them to update it but he didn't get a response yet so if you know the webmaster please pass it along.

Monday
pages 27/28

we must also focus on the times we do something good, we cant let the times we slip up be the focus of our battle

Wednesday 33-34:
"Constant longing for a higher level of pleasure is the essence of desire. Even if we would experience the pinnacle of whatever pleasure we seek, it would not satisfy us. No matter what we would attain, we would still want something even greater."

This is so vital for me to keep in mind - especially when I'm doing well. I have the tendency to bump into a nisayon - let's say I can't fall asleep or i'm stressed out about something - and I think to myself "Just one drink" as they say in AA. Big deal, it's not porn, I just need to calm down a little - I'm going crazy.
But it's all lies - 5 minutes after that desire is over, I will all of a sudden have a new, stronger desire for more that will give me no peace. Ultimately, it will only get more and more intense until the desire takes over my life.
Big avoda for me to always keep this in mind - but absolutely vital.

Schedule for the next few days:
Sunday: Pages 37-38
Monday: Pages 39-40
Tuesday: Chapter 4: Pages 43-44
Wednesday: Pages 45-47
Thursday: Chapter 5: Pages 49-50
Friday/ Shabbos: Catch up if behind.
(If using the Pdf from the website, subtract 4 from the page number listed here.)

PSA: The pdf at guardyoureyes.com/ebooks/item/the-battle-of-the-generation has been updated as well - so if you join now your pdf numbers will be the same as the hardcopy regardless of where you download the pdf.

Wednesday: Page 44-45

"In fact, a way-too-common justification after giving in to
desires is the denial of Hashem’s existence and of the Torah’s
authenticity."

I had this very strong one summer - I was caught terribly in the web of desire, and I had concluded that if I don't sit down and really come up with why I believe in G-d's existence - I'm out, off the d and off the deep end. Baruch Hashem, I had invested a lot of time previously in anchoring my belief in G-d and the Torah and after sitting down for a few hours with a pen and a pencil I was able to come to enough clarity in my beliefs that I knew it's the truth and I can't walk away from it - I can fall, I can struggle - but I can't walk away from it all.

Foolie - in his inimitably pithy way - notified me that today is in fact Tuesday.
I was wondering how I fell so far behind...

Ill assume you're reading ahead to proof read it for the rest of us.

Tuesday - Wednesday 43-47:
While reading chapter 4 It reminded me that from a young age until not so long ago I used to have thoughts like "who says that hashem really exists c"v and even if he does who says that the torah is true, and even if it is, who says that he even cares if we transgress" from time to time, i used to wonder from where these atheist thoughts come to me as i grew up in a normal orthodox community and wasn't even exposed that much to atheism, and those thoughts were considered treif and unacceptable, i felt like i'm the only weirdo in my social group that had these thoughts, though they were not a big struggle and used to fade away quite easily. However it was a mystery for me. But after reading this chapter it shed light on the matter, i now realize how my struggle with lust generated them, its not that i had a poorer education in emuna than others but that i couldn't handle the pain and looked for excuses to justify my wrongdoings.

Lets strengthen our emuna together and not fall in this trap of the yetzer hara!

Schedule for the next few days:
Sunday: Pages 51-52
Monday: Pages 53-54
Tuesday: Chapter 6: Pages 55-56
Wednesday: Pages 57-59
Thursday: Chapter 7: Pages 61-62
Friday/ Shabbos: Catch up if behind.

Sunday pages 51 - 52

we have to realize that standing up to our challenges is how we are achieving greatness. Instead of feeling like failures, we have to realize that we are working on changing ourselves, which makes us unique and in a different category.