Life can get extremely stressful. We can struggle with agendas, time restraints, expectations, shortfalls, and so much more.
It is so easy to get caught in the swirl of the immediate, the tyranny of the urgent, and the ‘have to’ of the moment. After all, everyone expects it now.
It’s true; things have to get done, budgets need to balance, deadlines have to be met, commitments need to be kept. Stack onto this loss, failure and missed moments and you have a volcano ready to blow! And that is just the workplace.
Now come home to what feels like a litany of expectations and family commitment. At times, it can be just overwhelming. It can be hard to hold or regain equilibrium.
This locomotion of this multi-car freight train seems impossible to control.
How do you stop this menace?
Years ago now, I managed to locate my house from a flight as we flew over our city. I measured it with my thumb as I looked out the window. My thumb covered my entire property. I said to myself, “I am spending my whole life working for something that I can cover with my thumb?”
Perspective.
How do I wrestle my life back into perspective? How do I regain balance and margin?
I guess I have to ask myself the hard, revealing and penetrating questions.
What am I really working for?
What, rather who, matters?
I want to spend my life for who and for what is most important.
How about we do that together?
You Don’t Have To Live; You Get To!
