Today is a special day for Americans. Freedom is celebrated all across the country. The staple of the celebration: Fireworks.
It's a beautiful thing to behold fireworks when they burst from the earth and explode in the sky with an array of colors and sound. They have evoked "Ohhh"s and "Awww"s from children and adults for years.
It's also a dangerous thing when fireworks go wrong. The picture in this post apparently is what happens when a homemade firework meets the human hand.
Fireworks: A paradox of beauty and danger.
Working with people: A paradox of a satisfying career and burnout.
You are a people helpers. You labor in the craft of others' burdens. You are problem solvers. You feel others' pain. How do you keep this tremendous callling from eroding into burnout? I suggest 4 habits:
1) Spin. Be sure your plates (Christ follower, spouse, parent, financial, relational, physical, etc.) are spinning with approriate speed and attention.
2) Swing. Be sure to go full out in your work AND go full in to rest and recreate. Remember, it's not so much that you rest from your work as it is you work from your rest.
3) Align. Be sure to spend most of your waking hours engaged in where your passion lies and where your skills are used.
4) Center. Start each day in a posture of brokenness before the God who calls you and stay in that posture the remainder of the day.
Spin, Swing, Align, and Center. These are the habits which help you keep your profession beautiful without burning out. Serve Strong!
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