“Guys ask me, ‘don’t you ever get burnt out?’ And I say, ‘How can you get burned out doing something you love? I mean do you ever get tired of kissing a pretty girl?” – Tommy Lasorda
GREAT leadership quote. I was thinking about this over the weekend as I was talking to someone who was starting to protect themselves against burnout a little bit. There is nothing wrong with that, we MUST live balanced, healthy lives – especially as leaders/ministers. I know that I have to try and stay balanced, do my laundry, not push so hard all the time, etc. . .
BUT, I also realized that since Wednesday August 8, I have been in Catalyst every Wednesday night. With the exception being the holidays when Catalyst was not held. I thought about my life and realized that I am just fine. Today, I am just as excited for Wednesday night as I usually am, if not more so. I love what I do. I get excited every week for this moment. It is thrilling to me. Remnant is thrilling to me. Catalyst is exhilarating. I don’t think that it is going to get old anytime soon…
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Pingback by Apply this to life, apply this to love. « 1or2thoughts June 25, 2008 @ 11:59 am“how could you ever get burned out of doing the thing you love?”
Comment by seanmichaelbrage June 27, 2008 @ 11:05 amI think we get burned out because we’re doing too much “stuff,” not doing too much of what we care about.
This made me really happy to read.
Comment by obedientson June 27, 2008 @ 11:57 amI focus on the details and not on the basics…