Week 2 of the Omer: Gvurah (Strength)

Week 2 of the Omer: Gvurah (Strength) - Justice, Discipline, Restraint, Awe

• Justice and discipline gives our life and our love focus, and allows us to concentrate and direct our efforts in the proper direction.
• Punishment is not vengeance; it is a way to express love by cleansing.
• Love for people includes wanting them to be the best they can be, and therefore helping them to be aware of imperfection.

Day 8: Sundown Tuesday April 10 to sundown Wednesday April 11, 2007 - Loving kindness

• Be aware that love must underlie discipline and judgment.
• We have no right to judge others, only to love them and want them to be their best.
• If you criticize: Is it out of love?  Is it out of contempt and irritation?  Do you take satistaction in another person's failure?

Day 9: Sundown Wednesday April 11 to sundown Thursday April 12, 2007 - Discipline

• Do you have balanced discipline, including loving kindness, in your life?
• Are you organized?
• Is your time used efficiently?
• Do you account for your schedule and your accomplishments each day?

Day 10: Sundown Thursday April 12 to sundown Friday April 13, 2007 - Compassion

• Love because you recognize the merits and the positive qualities.
• Channel and direct the strengths while weeding out the negatives.

Day 11: Sundown Friday April 13 to sundown Saturday April 14, 2007 - Endurance

• Is your discipline consistent?
• Do you follow through with discipline?

Day 12: Sundown Saturday April 14 to sundown Sunday Arpil 15, 2007 - Humility

• Are you arrogant in the name of justice?
• Do you sit on a pedestal and bestow judgment on those you see as below you?
• Ensure that you have no personal bias in your judgment.

Day 13: Sundown Sunday April 15 to sundown Monday April 16, 2007 - Bonding

• Couple discipline with commitment and bonding.
• How is the discipline for our mutual benefit?

Day 14: Sundown Monday April 16 to sundown Tuesday April 17, 2007 - Nobility

• Discipline must enhance personal dignity.
• Bolster self-esteem and help bring out the best in another person.
• Am I weakening myself and others?
• Am I strengthening myself and others?