I have begun some voluntary tasks that have turned my life upside down. I am preoccupied with these responsibilities and feel stressed because I am very dutiful and keen to complete my job as well as possible. However, I recently realized that it affects my health.
What can I do so that I feel better again without neglecting my tasks? How do I continue to be responsible, stay in my position, and do a good job? I want to surrender, but what is surrender really, and how does one do it?
Health comes first. If it breaks, you’ll be of little use to yourself or others. Then someone else will do your tasks. Maybe not your way, but they’ll get done.
People close to me love the ECK very much. But sometimes they work too long and hard, trying to meet impossible deadlines. So they approach their health’s redline. I remind them to take it easy. If they get sick, their absence will have an impact on others, and the work too.
Recognize your limitations. We all have them.
Surrender begins with a hard assessment of what we can or cannot do. Something must give. It’s just good sense.
Life is a great teacher. It says, “You got yourself into this, now what’ll you do to get out of it?”
Our life; our choice.
That’s where surrender begins. When the Master sees you are exercising your creative powers to rebalance your affairs, he’ll open doors to help you succeed.
—Sri Harold Klemp