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The whole work/family-balance thing is misunderstood. In reality, work and family are both a part of my life and they exist simultaneously. Even more so for those who are on-call or are required to take their work home. And...even more so for those of you who work at home! So, as much as we want to separate the two, the better approach is to give them both your all and wherever you are, be all there.
Here's a snapshot of what I do to steer my energy and focus from work back to family, at the end of the workday. During my drive home I'm already relaxing and decompressing. Music, prayer, informative radio, a quick chat with friends or family, it all helps. When I get home from work I take five minutes to catch up with Daniela and the boys, looking them in the eyes and staying in their presence. It sounds like a short time but it's not. Here are the benefits of this simple practice:
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. - Ephesians 5: 15,16 When our boys tell me that they can't do something, such as picking up their toys or brushing their teeth, it usually means they don't want to. After I challenge them a bit, I quickly find out it's not that they are unable but that they are unwilling.
Grown-ups at work are not much different. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” - Phil. 2:14,15 When a farmer sows corn he reaps corn. If he sows wheat he will reap wheat, at the appropriate time. This concept of sowing and reaping is a basic principle of life, which cannot be undone. It is found as far back as in the creation, “Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.’ And it was so...” (Genesis 1:12).
See that phrase, according to its kind? It's important. I can't expect to reap job satisfaction, collaboration, progress, growth, and quality improvement on the job if all I'm sowing is bitterness, gossip, complaining, and an attitude of indifference. What am I sowing? That's what I'll get. According to it's kind. If I want good results, I need to sow good seeds. The harvest may not come right away and I may even go through some tough, dry seasons. But the principle stills stands, whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. - Galatians 6:7 |
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