“We are all rushing around here, there and everywhere, trying to do a dozen things in one day. We need to be careful and protect our energies, if not we at some time will come crashing down.
“We are not superhuman. We are not a machine and there are only twenty-four hours in a given day. Start to think logically and also start to think long term.
“If we overdo matters, we will burn ourselves out sooner rather than later – so many of us fly out for business meetings, only to return, step off the plane and straight into another meeting.
“This might be the American way and pace of life, but in the end it will crucify you. No human being can keep it up with such a hectic lifestyle all the time.
“We must start to become sensible and to see that as we get more and more tired, so stress starts to come in.
“We find we can’t function properly. We can’t sleep and we become disorientated and removed from everyday life – a rollercoaster of what must be achieved or got through during the course of every day.
“Before it is too late, we must start putting matters into perspective and to see whether this strain, and trying to do too much in any one day, is right for us. Is it worth the cost to ourselves, both in health and mental strain?
“By starting to open up our minds to a Higher Power, we are guided as to what can be done in a given time and what is best left for another day.
“By being sensible to ourselves, in the long run we achieve just as much if not more. We often push ourselves far too much, when in reality we can leave certain things for another time.
“We learn to pace ourselves and do what is important for that day only and then have the courage to learn that we can leave certain things for another time.
“It is a question of having the courage to say, “No” instead of, “Yes, I will do that today.”
“We are too hard on ourselves. The drive to achieve is inbuilt in so many. It is usually the conscientious people who drive themselves the most.
“By asking for help from the Spiritual Source, we often find that situations are turned around and, what seemed an impossible situation with a mountain of work to do, is often sorted out in a better and more organised way.
“Far better than we would have achieved it for ourselves and we find we can manage and strength is often given to us to achieve satisfactorily what remains to be done.
“Know that help is there for you. Learn to ask and a way is often found, then instead of being hard on ourselves, we are able to pace ourselves and we are happier and less stressed for it.”
Jenny Ayers
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