It says in the seforim that the convent of bris is opposite the convent of the tongue, i.e. if you guard your tongue, you will automatically guard the bris. So here is another good tip for our heroes: Speak clean and don't speak Lashon Harah - and you will stay clean!
I walk round happy as can be,
For you should know I am in GYE.
We are all involved in that battle together,
Each clean day, in our hat another feather.
Hey, look at him, where is that guy's hat?
How can he walk around just like that?
One second, maybe he is one of the fighters...
Those strong people, no little blighters?
Could he be the one to whom I turn,
When in my heart I feel the Y"H burn?
Look at his holy Yiddishe face,
Within his heart sooo much space.
Under that little Kippa, is that the big brain?
The one that gives me shelter from nisyonos rain?
Oh, my heart fills with warmth and love to the brim,
I should really go over and maybe thank him.
I am ashamed to approach a stranger just like that,
But I appreciate you all the same, with or without the hat.
Never rush to do what the Yetzer Hara is telling you. On a humorous note: After chava was enticed by the snake, it says in Rashi that she gave all the animals to eat from the tree of knowledge so that they will eventually die. Every animal had his share, but maybe since the tortoise came along slowly and wasn't running to sin, he got one of the longest life span - up to 400 years! So tell the YH, "ok I will do it, but I don't have to run. Let's wait till next week".
There is a saying from an old Slonimer chosid from Tzfas named "Luria": In the battle with the Y"H it's "a patch mir, a patch dir - a slap me, a slap you!" - as long as my slap is the last! So you got a slap? Get up and fight back using the good memories of the last slap you gave him!
There is this story of a Neshama of a Tzadik that got up to heaven and had to be cleansed before entering Gan Eden. As a punishment, he was given a hammer and told to break a massive mountain into little stones.
The Tzadik looks up at the mountain and at the little hammer in his hand, and he falls into despair. "How long will it take till I finish?" he starts to moan. But then he decides that, after all, he really wants nothing more than to do the will of Hashem. So if this is what Hashem wants from him, it doesn't matter how long it takes. And so he starts to chip away at the mountain, when suddenly the entire mountain crumbles into pebbles with a massive roar, and he is led to Gan Eden with great joy.
When we suffer in our battle, let's remember for who we are doing this. It will surely clear the path for us and turn the anguish into pleasure!
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