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BECOMING ONE - Week 5 (May 21- 27)
Gevurah: Harnessing Inner Strength
Choose Your Challenge:
Focusing on harnessing inner strength as a foundation for personal growth, here are seven easy-to-do challenges:
Choose a challenge from the list or make up your own!
1. Reflective Contemplation: Set aside time each day for quiet reflection and contemplation, focusing on your inner thoughts, feelings, and values.
2. Positive Affirmations: Repeat positive affirmations that resonate with your values and goals, reinforcing a mindset of strength, resilience, and self-worth.
3. Physical Well-being: Take care of your physical health by eating nutritious foods, getting enough rest, and engaging in gentle physical activities like stretching or walking.
4. Emotional Balance: Practice emotional balance by acknowledging and accepting your feelings without judgment, and finding healthy ways to express and process them.
5. Healthy Boundaries: Identify areas where you need to set boundaries to protect your well-being and honor your values, and take steps to communicate and enforce those boundaries.
6. Gratitude Practice: Cultivate a sense of gratitude by regularly expressing appreciation for the blessings in your life, both big and small.
7. Seeking Wisdom: Seek wisdom and guidance from trusted sources, such as books, mentors, or teachings that align with your values and help you grow spiritually and emotionally.
Gather Together:
Join us at our LIVE online events (Zoom links sent to participants prior to the webinars):
Challenge Launch with Alan Morinis
Kavod/Honor - Sunday, April 21st, at 2:00 pm ET
Mid Challenge with Avi Fertig
Achrayut/Responsibility - Tuesday, May 14, at 2:00 pm ET
Coming Up - Challenge Conclusion with Eric Gurvis
Achdut/Unity - Sunday, June 9, at 2:00 pm ET
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Deepen The Learning:
Featuring the Weekly Omer Essay - "Harnessing Inner Strength" - by Naomi Wittlin - Read Here
Read Our Community Omer Reflections - Here
Dive deep into our weekly theme with thought-provoking essays featuring reflection questions, offering a transformative growth experience. In addition to or in place of the daily challenge, set a personal goal, identify barriers, and take practical steps toward achievement.
Share Your Journey: Reflect on your progress and share with the community. Sharing experiences fosters wisdom and mutual support on our paths of growth.
What goal have you set? Update us on your progress, accomplishments, and personal growth journey.
Please email your reflections to Helaine: helaine@mussarinstitute.org