Chapter 7 LIMITS
We all need to accept limitations. We are not super-heroes, with unlimited superpowers. There is generally only so much one individual can do, materially and physically.
We need to acknowledge as well as accept it. There is no shame in that.
It's all too easy to keep saying yes, to take on just one more, until one more becomes many, then too many.
Limitations can be monetary, time, space, capacity, knowledge, skills, experience, physical ability, access to services, etc. These are material and physical issues.
There are also emotional limitations. Fortunately, or in some cases, unfortunately, the one unlimited superpower most rescuers have is the size of their hearts, which accounts for the huge capacity for giving as well as heartaches and heartbreaks.
As I said earlier, we all start out convinced we will change the world. As time passes, we find this is not the case. Sadly, we must eventually come to terms with the fact that we only have so much to give. There are finite limits.
There have been many times I've had to accept my limitations, to see when it's time for changes, to let go and move on.
We all know too well the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. We've all done it. It is just as crazy to continue doing things that make us unhappy, that only add to the stress and aggravation, just because that's how it's always been done, or we think we're the only ones that can do it.
We are not alone in the world. There are plenty of others just as capable and willing to help.
We just have to let them.
We all need to accept limitations. We are not super-heroes, with unlimited superpowers. There is generally only so much one individual can do, materially and physically.
We need to acknowledge as well as accept it. There is no shame in that.
It's all too easy to keep saying yes, to take on just one more, until one more becomes many, then too many.
Limitations can be monetary, time, space, capacity, knowledge, skills, experience, physical ability, access to services, etc. These are material and physical issues.
There are also emotional limitations. Fortunately, or in some cases, unfortunately, the one unlimited superpower most rescuers have is the size of their hearts, which accounts for the huge capacity for giving as well as heartaches and heartbreaks.
As I said earlier, we all start out convinced we will change the world. As time passes, we find this is not the case. Sadly, we must eventually come to terms with the fact that we only have so much to give. There are finite limits.
There have been many times I've had to accept my limitations, to see when it's time for changes, to let go and move on.
We all know too well the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. We've all done it. It is just as crazy to continue doing things that make us unhappy, that only add to the stress and aggravation, just because that's how it's always been done, or we think we're the only ones that can do it.
We are not alone in the world. There are plenty of others just as capable and willing to help.
We just have to let them.
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