Burnout
Aren’t
you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along
to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don’t you
often hope: “May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country, or
relationship fulfill my deepest desire”? But as long as you are waiting
for that mysterious moment you will go on running helter-skelter, always
anxious and restless, always lustful and angry, never fully satisfied.
You know that this is the compulsiveness that keeps us going and busy
but at the same time makes us wonder whether we are getting anywhere in
the long run. This is the way to spiritual exhaustion and burnout.
Henri Nouwen
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