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Failure does not mean I'm a failure;It does mean I have not yet succeeded. Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;It does mean I have learned something. Failure does not mean I have disgraced;It does mean I have dared to try. Failure does not mean I don't have ...

We sometimes need "bumps" in life to wake us up. As Duvid Chaim once shared, imagine if they didn't have those bumps on the shoulder of the highway! You could swerve off and never not realize it. I was once driving, fell asleep at the wheel and woke up because of the bump...

R' Shimshon Pincus gives a beautiful mashal on the subject of trials that we feel are too strong for us. One time a doctor was given the task of managing an entire wing of a hospital. He was to asses each situation, and see to it that each patient gets proper attention. T...

Hashem cares very little as to where we are now in our religiosity. What He notices is WHERE WE ARE HEADING. Picture a room bare of anything other than four walls, a ladder, and no ceiling. Each wall faces a different direction, and the view on top of each is very differe...

I love my eyelids, they're awesome. They're always there for me. In the middle of the street if I have trouble, I just pull down the shades for a second and *poof* no more problem! Thank you Hashem!

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a b...

Duvid Chaim often used the analogy of "Ants on a log" to represent Surrender and Tranquility (in his 12-Step phone group). It doesn't matter if the log is floating on calm or turbulent waters, the ants just walk around nonchalantly - and they definitely don't try to contr...

Yesterday was a hard day for me. I actually told Hashem, "Hashem, I am powerless over this struggle, if you want me to fall - I will, for I have no strength that is my own. Hashem what do you want? Perhaps you want me to fall so that I recognize that I have no power, but ...

A wealthy and learned Chasid came to the Bal Hatanya complaining that his business was going bad and he was losing all of his money fast. He told the Rebbe that if Hashem wills him to be poor, he accepts it with love, but he can't bear the pain of all the people he owes m...

This may be something of "heresy" to say on GYE, but mast** for a woman is not that bad. ... But that's not the point... I strive to eradicate p**n and mast** altogether not because of how bad it is, but because I had become a slave to lust - and lust has destroyed everyt...

I read "Garden of Emunah" over Shabbos... it really makes everything so simple. We need to plain-and-simply connect to God. Fulfilling my selfish desires is against Emuna, because it means I feel that "I need to do this now or else I'll be _______". So instead of "let go ...

As an addict, I fear my mind still wants to act-out with anything that's not buried in the ground... I can't hang around my head much, you see, because it is diseased... I need to be outside my head as much as possible, and to try to get into God's "head" so to speak... A...

We wrote an e-mail to Rabbi Twerski: Dear Rabbi Twerski, Here's a PDF file called "The GYE Lighthouse" (right-click and press "Save Target/Link As"). It has a link to a short audio clip from a speech that the Rav recently gave (on Chanukah). It also documents a few of the...

"NOYA" (a 21 Year Old Bochur) rants on the forum: Okay, I miss the lust. I want to act out. But what will happen then? Once I do it, I'll feel miserable about myself. I'll feel "out of it" for days. I'll feel dejected and I won't be able to concentrate on my davening and ...

The Vilna Goan writes (in Even Sh'laymo) that bitachon (Trust in Hashem) is the opposite of taivah for physical pleasure. Taivos are based on a drive to fill a physical need that we feel we must have ... or we'll die. We must have it NOW. We feel that we must provide ours...

I went out with the family yesterday on a trip, and my shmiras eynayim was greatly tested. I kept my cool though-out, and I practiced closing my eyes on the bus and appreciating my ears. It was actually fun! I heard many more things with my eyes closed, and it gave them a...

WE CAN NEVER SAY TO OURSELVES THAT WE ARE SO DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN SIN THAT NOTHING CAN HELP US. WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN REPENTACE, KNOWNING THAT HASHEM WILL HELP.

"baLetaher" wrote on the forum yesterday: Hello to everyone, This is my first foray into the world of GYE, and I'm really hoping that it will become a real force in my life, as I've been battling the other forces for too long. I'm happily married to a beautiful and loving...