Count! How enduring is my gratitude? Can I sustain an awareness of thankfulness even when times are hard? When people disappoint, can I still see the bigger picture of who they are and might be? Today (April 21) is day 26 of the Omer: Gratitude within Endurance (Hod within Netzach) Continue Reading
Counting the Omer: Tiferet within Netzach (Day 24 April 19)
Tiferet of Netzach Beauty and balance within endurance. While we are moving forward with our vision, our eyes set in the direction of where we want to go – can we also stop and observe the beauty that is around us? How can we develop deep endurance in a balanced way, pacing ourselves? It’s easy (for me) to keep going, single focused on a goal and to Continue Reading
Counting the Omer: Gevurah within Netzach (Day 23)
The focus of this week, as we count our way to receiving wisdom, is the quality of Netzach. In Hebrew, netzach means eternity, victory and endurance. Each day this week, we look at this quality through the lens of another aspect of the Tree of Life. Today, Thursday April 18 is Gevurah within Netzach, Day 23 of Counting the Omer. These two Continue Reading
Counting the Omer: Hod within Tiferet (Day 19)
Counting the days, refining our souls. Day 19 – Sunday April 14 Hod within Tiferet. Hod is about gratitude, and also splendor (what an amazing word!) Words that come from Hod are: Todah (thank you) and Modah Ani (I am grateful). Today, let me be grateful for the beauty that is everywhere if I just stay awake: the white roses blooming outside the front Continue Reading
Counting the Omer: Netzach within Tiferet (Day 18)
For Shabbat, April 13 Each day counts. Day 18 of the Omer Saturday (Shabbat) April 13 Netzach within tiferet. Netzach can be translated as “victory” and it also has the meaning of confidence. Tiferet is balance and harmony. In the narrow places we often find ourselves in, we are not always confident that balance will come. Tonight and tomorrow, Continue Reading