בס"ד
During the fifth week of counting the Omer, we
examine and refine the emotional attribute of Hod or humility.
Humility
-- and the resulting yielding -- should not be confused with weakness
and lack of self-esteem. Hod or humility is modesty -- it is
acknowledgment (from the root of the Hebrew word "hoda'ah"). It is
saying "thank you" to God.
It is clearly recognizing your qualities and
strengths and acknowledging that they are not your own; they were given
to you by God for a higher purpose than just satisfying your own needs.
Humility is modesty; it is recognizing how small you are which allows
you to realize how large you can become. And that makes humility so
formidable.
A full cup cannot be filled.
When you're filled
with yourself and your needs, "I and nothing else", there is no room for
more. When you "empty" yourself before something greater than yourself,
your capacity to receive increases beyond your previously perceived
limits.
Humility is the key to transcendence; to reach beyond yourself.
Only true humility gives you the power of total objectivity.
Humility is
sensitivity; it is healthy shame out of recognition that you can be
better than you are and that you can expect more of yourself. Although
humility is silent it is not a void. It is a dynamic expression of life
that includes all seven qualities of love, discipline, compassion,
endurance, humility, bonding and sovereignty.
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