Falling In Love

Ah... I am falling in love! Good or bad?

Erm... I think it's bad, 'cos I have fallen in love with my work. I enjoy my work too much that I don't even have much time left for my sleep.

Isn't this the same as when we fall in love with another human being? Yes, indeed, except that works don't hurt us, whereas humans do.

Shouldn't we be passionate about our work? So ironical isn't it?

Perhaps it has to do with my character. I tend to be very engrossed and passionate about the things, or tasks, or people that are under my care. *sigh*

Yet I must learn to love my work less or it will rob me of my time for God and myself, which is very bad. I mustn't make work the idol of my life.

Posting this post is my deliberate effort to break away from my work. :)

What is Your Stress Level?

I am extremely stressed by work and feeling I can breakdown anytime... doing five persons' job for the price of one. :(

The following article from Today's Encounter, "Less Stress", has very good advice for me. I need to take heed of those points in red font. I must learn to relax...

Less Stress

"A relaxed attitude lengthens a man's life." (Proverbs 14:30)

I remember reading about a small bridge in a rural area. Its load limit was ten tons. It served its community very well for thirty years until a twelve-ton truck tried to cross it. The added stress was beyond the bridge's capacity--it collapsed under the extra load.

We're all like that. Each of us has a limit as to how much stress we can handle before we break. It is well documented that too much stress is a killer. Thus we need to know just how much we can handle and learn to limit the load we carry.

However, even though my load limit may be "ten or fifteen tons," if I'm not flexible and able to bend with the winds of adversity and learn how to go with the flow of life's circumstances, I may collapse well below my load limit.

Furthermore, as the Bible taught three thousand years ago, we also need to learn how to have a relaxed attitude in the midst of stressful and pressured situations.
While it isn't easy, in a nutshell we need to limit the load we attempt to carry, eat right, exercise regularly, work hard but take time to relax, laugh a lot, cry when we are sad, never bottle up negative emotions but learn to express them in healthy ways. And above all, we need to learn to commit and trust our life to God every day!


"Suggested prayer:
"Dear God, please help me in the midst of my pressured and stressful life to learn how
to limit my load and, above all, trust you in every area of my life. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus' name, amen."

What Works Do To You

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I find the above image taken from Prince's post, When You Work Too Long, very comical.

Thank God that I don't have a chance to become "stupid", or an "idiot", or "totally lost", or "converted". :P