This past Shabbos afternoons wife mentioned that the “Royal nannies” in England 

“When a person looks at himself in a negative light, he blocks the light of the soul that is within. One he other hand, when a person looks at himself properly, he knows that his soul is pure and untainted. Then from the light of the soul, he is able to draw forth powers with which to cope with everything he faces in life.” – Da Es Atzmecha, Gettting to Know Your Self 

1. Starting a bike ride on Lake Shore Drive at 5:30 gives me the ability time to watch the sun continue to rise as I enjoyed cool, but great weather.
2. Being able to use my bike and exercise while raising money for Chai Lifeline is an incredible way to be involved in the mitzvah of tzedakah.
3. I was able to listen to 4 shiurim and still get through my song playlist.
4.  Had I not biked 52.5 miles, then I wouldn’t have been able to be surprised by my wife and kids after the ride was over.
5. Taking upon any challenge with a health mindset allows you to realized that it is only when you are pushed, or push yourself, that you can really grow.
6. By Biking the Drive for Chai Lifeline, I have already raised almost $2,100 of my goal amount of $2800. I still have, at least, one matching donation from someone’s company and I know that after reading this, you might also open your heart and still sponsor me within the next 48 hours.

I thank all of you that sponsored me. If you haven’t sponsored me YET, you can still do it. I’m told the website will still accept sponsors, just click here.

I know, you’ve seen the video, read the playlist, and some of you even made me tear up when I saw that you sponsored me. Thanks! Just to update you, the shiurim I will be listening to while biking the drive for, at least, the first 3 hours are:
Rav Reuven Leuchter: Emunah 2 (and maybe 3)
Rav Revuen Leuchter: Growth Dynamics in Torah
Rav Moshe Weinberger: Hachsharas Avreichim 11 (and maybe 12)

If you read my blog, you know I have raised money for Chai Lifeline for the past 5 years by Biking Lake Shore Drive. Thanks to my sponsors I have raised around $9000 in 5 years, which blows me away. I’m less than $1200 from my current goal and I still need your help. Please repost this, share it, or send a link to a friend and help get the word out. To sponsor you can go here: www.tinyurl.com/bikethedrive.

Thank and stay tuned for a post-ride post later. I am going to sleep.

Hi,

UPDATED

Now, be a friend and link this, post the video on a blog, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or any other social media platform, please! I want this to go viral. The link is: http://youtu.be/E5BgKu07f1U

Hi, how are you? I am sort of torn between, what I view as, two opportunities. Here is the situation as I see it. 

I biked in the evening last night for an hour and will be hitting the pavement again today, in preparation for Bike the Drive for Chai Lifeline on Sunday. So for I have raised $735, which is great. There’s still time to sponsor me, if you can. Any amount you can give to Chai Lifeline would be so wonderful.

Click here for info

Hi! I rarely ask things except for one time a year and this is it. I am raising money for Chai Lifeline and biking Lake Shore Drive (sort of like the West Side Highway to those in NYC) next Sunday, May 26th.
The idea, if you don’t recall from the previous 5 times I have been involved in this event, is to raise as much money as possible for Chai Lifeline, an amazing organization that helps children and their families cope with serious pediatric illnesses.

If anything I have ever written since 2006 has been meaningful or resonated with you, than I am asking for your help.

I will be completely frank with you, I need your help. Not because I have previously raise THE MOST money from sponsors, but because I feel this is something I want to put my energy into. There is no minimum sponsor amount. If you $3.00 or even $500.00 you can use to sponsor me, it would be awesome. It’s all tax deductible, too.

You might think that you really can’t spare anything and I do understand that. I am currently not working (as in looking for employment) and I know first hand how difficult it is to even put gas in your car sometimes. I also know that this morning I gave tzedaka at shul, because when you give, you get back.
If you’d like to read more about why I am biking, in memory of my father a”h, then, I ask you to go to this site, www.tinyurl.com/bikethdrive.

Thanks,
Neil