Sefiras HaOmer Personal Growth Calendar

1 חסד
Loving, Kindness, and
Benevolence
2 גבורה
Justice, Awe, and
Discipline
3 תפארת
Beauty, Harmony, and
Compassion
4 נצח
Endurance & Ambition
5 הוד
Humility and Splendor
6 יסוד
Bonding, Foundation, and
Nurturing
7 מלכות
Nobility and Leadership
1
ח
ס
ד
Love allows us to transcend
beyond ourselves. We can
experience another and
allow that person to
experience us.
Appropriate love
means having
boundaries, creating a
healthy balance of
distance and
closeness at once.
Compassionate love is
giving without
expectations of
reciprocity. It can
mean loving even
those who hurt us.
Enduring love
withstands challenges
& setbacks. It means
fighting for love in the
face of great
vulnerability.
Humble love means
having the inner strength
to compromise and
forgive for the sake of
love itself.
Eternal love is intimacy in
action. Two have become
one and that oneness now
bears/builds another.
Mature love ennobles &
enriches our life. It is never
debilitating. It comes with &
brings personal dignity.
2
ג
ב
ו
ר
ה
Discipline focuses love to
create greater intimacy
Discipline with love
expresses respect for who
you can be
Balanced discipline is
organized/efficient
allowing for personal
accounting & fulfilling
responsibilities
Compassionate
discipline reflects
unconditional love
After reproaching
ourselves we feel
regret not shame
Effective discipline is
consistent. We must
be able to achieve
short and long term
goals. Endure the pain.
Discipline with humility
means truly seeing the
one you are judging
(yourself/another) No
personal bias.
Effective discipline is
coupled with commitment
and bonding. This discipline
is for our mutual benefit.
Discipline ought to
enhance personal dignity,
bolster self-esteem & elicit
the very best in a person.
3
ת
פ
א
ר
ת
Compassionate love, rooted
in the truth of who you are
not who I want you to be, is
expressed tenderly.
Compassion requires
discretion. Only in the
right time, with
appropriate people & in
the correct measure.
True compassion is
limitless. The
nullification of ego
allows us to see only
the needs of another.
Compassion must be
enduring and
consistent. We can be
compassionate even
when it's not popular/
convenient.
God gave us the ability
and opportunity to be
compassionate. It doesn't
elevate us above the
recipient.
True compassion creates an
eternal bond between giver
& receiver extending well
beyond the moment of need.
Compassion cultivates
dignity. Not just the dignity
of the beneficiary but you
are ennobled as well.
4
נ
צ
ח
Endurance requires a
combination of grit and love.
Love enhances the
commitment and
encourages cooperation.
Strong/Healthy
endurance is focused
on productive goals
and expressed in a
constructive fashion.
Endurance with
compassion is a
commitment to a life of
serving others (less
fortunate) grow in
lasting ways.
Consistent endurance
allows us to conquer
seemingly impossible
challenges under the
most difficult
conditions,
Our capacity to endure is
enhanced as we
recognize that infinite/
limitless strength is
natural to our Soul.
Creating a deep emotional
bond with our resolutions
creates lasting endurance
and enhances our
commitments.
Enduring in a dignified
fashion for a meaningful
cause is a testament to the
majesty that lies within.
5
ה
ו
ד
Healthy and authentic
humility allows us to create
a space within ourselves to
love another.
Disciplined humility
ensures that we
compromise when
appropriate and stand
firm with integrity when
needed.
Humility that
expresses itself in
compassion is
balanced and
beautiful. It allows us
to be truly empathic.
Humility is the fuel for
the engine of
endurance. Humility is
never weak. It gives us
the courage to endure.
Humility is the fuel for the
engine of endurance.
Humility is never weak. It
gives us the courage to
endure.
Faux humility breeds
loneliness. True Humility is
the ultimate tool to create
deep & lasting relationships.
Dignified humility comes
with understanding that we
are rays (emanations) of
the but not the sun itself.
6
י
ס
ו
ד
Love/giving/total devotion is
the base upon which an
eternal bond (not simply a
connection) can be created.
Healthy bonding is
always appropriate
(person, space & time)
Codependency is the
counterfeit of
connection
Empathic bonding
means See their
perspective Don't
judge Recognize their
emotion Communicate
their emotion
Bonding requires
endurance. There will
be challenges/
setbacks. The key is
commitment. Confront
the challenge
Arrogance divides
Humility unites Bonding
requires the humility to be
yourself & see another
simultaneously.
Bonding occurs on the level
of the soul. As humans we
are all uniquely distinct. As
souls we are all one.
In bonding everyone must
retain their identity. Both
people enhance their
dignity by bonding with
another.
7
מ
ל
כ
ו
ת
A dignified life comes from
knowing that you belong/
make a difference. Make a
difference to another.
Strong leadership sees
dignity in others & in a
balanced way
challenges them to live
up to that standard.
Dignified people show
compassion to others
They recognize the
sanctity of others &
treat them accordingly
Dignity is measured by
our ability to endure.
From a place of self
we find strong
conviction in decisions.
God has endowed us with
dignity by creating us with
the spark of Himself. That
is a humbling perspective.
Self esteem (recognition of
our natural Godly dignity)
enhances our ability to
connect deeply with others.
True confidence isn't a
mask of our insecurities.
It's the recognition that I am
worthy simply because I
am.