CHABAD.ORG SPIRITUAL GUIDE TO THE OMER Day Seven of Week 2: Malchut of Gevurah 14th Day of the Omer (29 NISAN) By Simon Jacobson

Discipline, like love, must enhance personal dignity (see week one day seven). Discipline that breaks a person will backfire. Healthy discipline should bolster self-esteem and help elicit the best in a person; cultivating his sovereignty. And that does not compromise the discipline; on the contrary it fosters and enhances it. Does my discipline cripple the human spirit; does it weaken or strengthen me and others?