As I looked through some sample lists of values, I thought, “Aren’t these all important? How can I say one is more important than the others? Why can’t I choose them all?”

Breaks are good! But if you return from a break to the same stressful, soul-crushing, life-draining things you took a break from, you end up back at the same place. And sometimes worse off than before.

Acknowledging, processing, and letting our emotions speak to us not only help us to avoid burnout (or recover from it), but help us to become more like the image bearers of Jesus that we are meant to be.

We see first-hand how stress can affect the most dedicated and servant hearted people. How is that some seem to bounce back, and others crash and burn?