How often I am Martha, careful and troubled about many things, and losing the bigger picture - Jesus is in the house! - in the never-ending daily tasks and my own high standards for them. If you are feeling overworked, or overwrought, pay attention to the spiritual import of your work. The Christ is with you. In the house. Right here in our daily life. In the people we love and our moments together. In moments of pause. In moments of creativity and awareness. Are you listening?
In the book about creativity Finding Water by Julia Cameron, she says that some people get addicted to deprivation. Deprivation is a way of managing anxiety and gaining a sense of control.
Overwork, or a burdened sense of work, is a form of deprivation, that doesn’t serve Spirit. Loosen up your sense of deprivation to make room for that abundance that is already there, which is yours.