Omer Day 24

(May 3) Barukh ata Adonay, Eloheinu, melekh ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al sfirat ha-omer.

Blessed are You, Adonay our God, ruler of the universe, who makes us holy with mitzvot and gives us this opportunity to count the Omer.

Today is day twenty-four which is three weeks and three days of the Omer. Hayom yom esrim ve arba she hem shlosha shavuot ve shlosha yammim laOmer.

Today is Tiferet be Netzakh, beauty within power, grace within victory.

It’s not very graceful, working like this! I am always working and frankly, if anything, it’s a bit *dis*graceful. There is always so much to do. But the moment when it all comes together, and it’s beautiful and fine and I can enjoy it? That is grace. And you know what else is grace? That I’m writing this. Finishing the Omer counts seems totally impossible (I’m on task 11 of the 22 that *must* be done by tomorrow) but I won’t give up. As far as I’m concerned, not giving us is the grace within beauty that I can find in the day. I will do as many of these as I can today, and who knows? It may happen that I actually finish the omer count one more year, however wonky my counting is.

Today, I refuse to give up. That’s my beauty and my power.