Hod of Gevurah – “Recognize you are great” | Counting the Omer - Rabbi Alon Anava | #sefirathaomer

if we want to really understand what it means is recognizing the powers that are in us uh most people they don't really understand or recognize the power that God gave them now what does it really mean many times in a situation we rather be weak than strong such as I don't feel like dealing with this right now I don't feel like dealing with this individ ual right now I don't feel like now going into this discussion right now or whatever it is and sometimes I just feel like covering my head with my blanket and not to deal with the situation and it's say it's like as if I rather be weak right now if I know that I have the power to deal with it then I have to deal with it sometimes I kind of run or give up from be from the beginning so it seems to us in many times that by before we even started the battle that we're too weak to even deal with it but the reality the truth is it's the complete opposite that in all situations I have to choose to be strong and not to be weak the reality is that there is situations that I am weak in many situations I need to admit so to say or to realize or to recognize that I have much more power in me than I think and hod one of the word ways of explaining or interpreting hod comes from the word in Hebrew or means that I not means that I thank but means that I admit I explain many times that when we wake up in the morning and we say mod mod can be interpreted as I thank but mod also means I admit because in Hebrew Le means to admit so hod has in it also the root that will explain the word is that I'm admitting now in many cases when I have a challenge the challenge looks much harder for me that I that I think I can't handle it I see a certain Challenge and in my mind already I say this is way way too much for me to deal to deal with and in many cases there will be a challenge or a situation in my life that I do feel weak and I am weak and here I need to again use the power of admitting to admit I'm it's too we I'm too weak here it's too hard for me a lot of people they have a a situation that they they have an ego they don't want to say I can't do this it's too much for me it's too big for me I also need to admit also when I have weakness but with that I have to remember in any way you're looking at it that a person can never and should never give up because if hasem put already a struggle in my life he also gave me all the tools and all the ability to deal with it in order for me to understand whether you admit it or not whether you agree with it or not or maybe you are aware of it or not we all have this hidden gor in us this unbelievable strength that is not revealed to the outside how do I reveal this hidden strength is when I thank the Kosh when I thank the Kosh for everything that he gives me and not only that and again in English sometimes the teaching is is hard because in Hebrew if this class would be right now in Hebrew I would say how do you reveal the hidden strength that you have in you by the fact that you what's I told you already it can be thanking and it can be admitting