Amen!

so..., perceptions and motives?
i'm gonna try that

your YH is just hanging on by his claws - trying to intimidate you ...he knows he does not stand a chance.

re: rosh chodesh

I thought the point was to live in the present - not the past, not the future.
Focus on today..ad where you are right now!

btw - rosh chodesh also comes after a period of darkness - so maybe we are celebrating the LIGHT in our life !

Chodesh Tov!

I love the eyeball guy.....

There, I feel better now.

Thanks!

I second the eyeballer love motion.

Here's a nice chiddush. i'm gonna try this this shabbos.

Im gonna take all my kids into a big group bear hug before shalom aleichem. And say out loud howe much i love them all. Then each one will get a hug and a kiss b4 and after their beracha, to really feel how special they are as an individual to me. And I'm gonna schedule JUST US time with my wife - a walk, a talk, a game of backgammon or bananas (and i'm gonna let her win  ) !

We have a lot to be greatful for. Lets not take it for granted anymore...

HAve a GREAT SHABBOS, Eye.

Good shabbos my friend.  KOT!!

170.

I feel like G-d keeps giving me the same sort of tests OVER AND OVER again, hoping I'll eventually get it right.

One test where I blew up was an involved home-improvement project.

Friday I had a repeat.  But I kept stopping every so often to check myself--is this getting out of hand?  Am I trying to do too much right now?  Has everything gotten too messy that if I should have an unexpected interruption I wouldn't be able to stop without getting frustrated?  I was constantly adjusting my course of action, and managed to stay calm throughout.

Another test was that I blew up at a plumber/contractor who seemed to evading responsibility.  Actually, I did this twice.

This morning, I realized I still have to try to get a plumber to fix the problem.  SO, maybe the plumber won't come (even if he says he will).  So, it's not the end of the world.  I can live with the problem for a little while longer if necessary.  AND, I can forget about this plumber--I don't have to rely on him.  If he keeps breaking his word, I can just as well try my luck with a different plumber.

Since this morning, I haven't thought about this much, which means I've stayed calm about the whole thing.

Over shabbos I found it hard to get the whole thing out of my head.  I decided, "Why do I have to fill my head with thoughts of incompetant plumbers.  If I MUST be reflecting on something, why not change it for something positive--the mind doesn't usually have room for more than one thought at a time."  So, I thought of times when my kids were laughing, and times when my wife was laughing.  (I had a good example, since Friday night I was being silly and managed to get my 5-year old boy to spit chicken soup out of his nostrils).  Motzei Shabbos after Ma'ariv I was pulling up the same memories.  I felt much more positive than I usually do about heading home and facing the commotion.

  --Eye.

Great lessons....
Thank You...

173.  No big chiddushim lately.

Here's one for you:

Q: How do plumbers get high?

A: Plumber's crack.

You deserve that, admit it....

175.

Have a good Shabbos.

  --Eye

177.

About this RID, I thought of an interesting vort:

When we are angry with others, we want to make war with them (LoCHeiM).

If we're honest with ourselves, we'll realize that much of the resentment is dreamed up in our own heads (CHaLoM).

After we realize that, we are able to forgive (MoCHeiL).

We make war instead of forgive because we're mixed up!

  --Eye.

Eye.nonymous wrote on 25 Apr 2010 12:25:


(LeCHaiM!)  ;D

of course we are mixed up - the ego thinks its running the world.

I have a name for this disease...INVERT-Ego...becasue like Vertigo everything spins around you, but with INvert-ego, the EGo spins and thinks its on top!

The ego thinks:

I become U,
and
U become ME.

urme (are you with me)?
Do u c ?

crazy, huh?

The keppee is spinning round and round, but at least it has a big smile on it! Thanks!

;D                                                                                            ;D

guardureyes wrote on 25 Apr 2010 12:51:


Nice addition.

I suppose, with a shtreimel like that, you ought to be the world's expert on these sort of drashas.