Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Wishcasting -- 2/17/10

Where do you wish to make a difference?

 I know that by going to work each day that I am making a difference. I am confident that I have touched thousands of families. I love that I have found a job and a passion that allows me this opportunity.

This wishcasting made me wonder if there was something else I feel called to do. I don't think so. I feel fulfilled by my job and love that I touch lives everyday. The question that I have been pondering is how do I sustain myself in order to keep doing this work. The work is hard, it is stressful, it is easy to become depleted. I don't want to burnout. I don't want to end up in just a job, sitting at a desk. I know that I need to be vigilant about my self care, about how I am filling myself up to enable me to keep doing what I am doing. How do I stay fresh? Present? Passionate? and Joyful?


I don't know the answer. I am trying to plan regular days off. Trying to maintain a regular yoga practice. Eating right. Finding a way to stay connected to that which is larger than all of us. It is not easy. I try to remind myself that I chose gentle as my word for the year. So I can be gentle with myself for not having the answers. Be gentle with myself for having ice cream for dinner. Being gentle for myself when I feel frustrated with a kid's behavior. Finding love for myself so I can show love for others.

7 comments:

  1. As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also.

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  2. This is a totally fair statement. I will simply wish for gentleness for you since that is your word of the year. :)

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  3. As Ceb wishes for herself, so I wish for her also. We could all use more gentleness, i think : )

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  4. As Courtney wishes for herself, I wish for her as well. You are very wise to be gentle with yourself.

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  5. As Courtney wishes for herself, so I wish for her also. May you nourish yourself so you can continue to make a difference as you would like.

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  6. As Courtney wishes for herself, so do I wish for her also.

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  7. As Courtney wishes gentleness for herself, so do I wish for her also.

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