It all boils down to this.
Most people won’t admit it, or don’t even realize it, but
caring for people takes energy out of you.
Investing your time and attention making sure somebody knows
that you love them and that you want to ensure their well-being can drain you:
- mentally
- emotionally
- spiritually
- even physically.
Love people, but take care of yourself.
Don’t burn yourself out.
So surprising I found this at this time. I was really consumed by a thought I had since yesterday… I pondered over a text for nearly 2 hours just thinking of the thought process behind the text.
They say that whatever consumes your thoughts are equivalent to what you idolize at the moment. I don’t know—maybe I just feel a bit angry because I felt like I was being taken advantage of. I’m in lack of a servant heart—really.
Funny that I ran across this. Another gracious reminder of my human nature and how much in need I am of His love and grace.
Philippians 2:3-5 ESV
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.
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More than what you are now…I wish I could say that more often to women. To be more than what you are, not less. I had a sort of realization after talking with her. Training men…well, men always want to be bigger; they want to be stronger. Even if the primary goal is fat loss, the desire to become strong is a fire that can be built.
For women, though, it’s the opposite. Their whole perspective is based around what they want to get rid of. They want their bodies to be less than what they currently are, not more. The whole female side of the fitness industry has historically been built upon “getting rid” of everything about their bodies that makes them unhappy, which is generally everything.
Your body is not something you are in battle against. It’s not a war that you fight and say, “I won” on the day you’ve dieted down to nothing. Nobody truly “wins” a war. One side just dies more than the other side. Your body is not something you are supposed to set out and kill. You construct something greater out of what you have, not destroy and lessen what you are.
