Keeping Count

When I read the following passage I thought it an appropriate addendum to my post on Jewish time, it also ties in nicely with blogging the omer.

From Hayom Yom for the 1st of Iyar:

…someone said to my father, “The Alter Rebbe’s Chassidim were always keeping count.” My father took a great liking to the saying, and he commented: “That idea characterizes man’s avoda. The hours must be ‘counted hours,’ then the days will be ‘counted days.’ When a day passes one should know what he has accomplished and what remains yet to be done…