Part Nine: Time (JJ22 Director’s Note)
“With time margin we can better enjoy what we are doing, we have a more wholesome anticipation of our next activity, we are more contemplative, we are more in touch…
This ‘19-‘20 series is inspired by the book Margin (1995, 2004 by Richard Swenson, M.D.) and the widespread phenomenon of mental health issues and burnout in today’s society. “The Margin Series” focuses on the reality that every one among us has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. I’ll cover a wide variety of topics where we need margin for optimal function as well as availability to love and serve others.
Part Eight: Balance vs. Excellence
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Seven: Rest
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Six: Contentment
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Five: Simplicity
Our cat, Chip, reminds us daily that it's not what's in the box that matters ("stuff"), it's living for each moment we are given.
"Our age is becoming more complex and diffusely overloaded, and simplicity is a movement whose time has come."—Richard Swenson, Margin (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2004), p. 180. "It is no bad thing to…
Part Four: Peace
Peace is costly. Its victory is hard-earned, dearly bought, and expensively given.Consider this example from the first Christmas. The very night that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a multitude of…
Part Three: Gratitude
“In everyone's life there is much to be grateful for and also much to be unhappy about... Unfortunately, most of the time our emotions dwell on our problems and forget…
Part Two: Boundaries
"Boundaries are about establishing a perimeter around the personal and private spaces of our lives and not letting the world come crashing in uninvited. This is not an issue of…
Part One: Introduction to Margin
This ‘19-‘20 series is inspired by the book Margin (1995, 2004 by Richard Swenson, M.D.) and the widespread phenomenon of mental health issues and burnout in today's society. "The Margin Series" focuses on…