Leadership Thought: Wake up!!!! And Get Out of Bed!!!

Dear Friends.

One of my good friends, Dan Herrman, is a hospice chaplain, and periodically he is responsible for providing a reflection for those on his hospice team. Last week, he shared the message below that I am passing along to you as I thought it was an excellent Leadership Thought to share with each of you today. 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Tom

Reflection:   Wake Up!!!  And Get Out of Bed!!!  

Good morning!!!  I pray your day is off to a good start.

Last reflection I shared with you “Don’t Turn off the Movie!!!”

Today I share with you WAKE UP!!!  GET OUT OF BED!!!

And I mean that literally, and figuratively and metaphorically.

Yes.  WAKE UP AND GET OUT OF BED!!!!

I know what we do is not easy.  It’s not fun.  And sometimes we feel lousy, sometimes we are exhausted, sometimes we are sad and maybe even depressed.  If I didn’t have something worthwhile to do, something important to do, I think I might never get out of bed.  The good news is, we all have something very important to do.  As Chaplain Mario says, “It’s not what we got to do, but what we get to do”.

So how do we get going when we don’t feel like getting going.  We are all looking for the magic pill.  And here it is.

THANK YOU, GOD!  THANK YOU, LORD!  THANK YOU, LORD!

Try it.  It always works.  Repeat it several times.  What may come up first is the thought that you had the sense to say thank you.

Or try this.  Lord, I am not ok today.  Lord, I have no energy.  I can’t do it. PLEASE HELP ME!  Whoever told you that you are supposed to do life on your own, in your own power, was lying to you.  God’s great promise to each and every one of us is “I will never leave you or forsake you.”  He is always ready to help us.  And you know what, it gives Him great joy when we ask Him for help.  It’s not an imposition.  So wake up and get out of bed.  Be thankful for what you have, and for what you don’t have.  And never, ever forget to ask for help.

I pray today that you have joy as you navigate through today’s tasks and challenges.  I pray that you have the wisdom to realize that you can’t do life in your own power.  I pray that you remember that your God is always with you, always ready to help you.

AMEN AND AMEN!!!