Yes, good advice. When you are in a helping profess, Iion, you have to be able to say to yourself, "It isn't my life. I am here helping." So, if it's not your life, it's not your problem, and you get to go home and be with your dogs and family and all that. It's not about you, you are there to help them. So you can walk out and be OK. You must be able to resist taking anyone else's problems onto yourself, or you will go under and burn out. It's not being cold, just discerning as to reality. It's like false guilt, which many people live their lives trying to correct. I say, "What was your sin?" And they look askance at me. I say, "If you cannot locate any sin for the guilt that was wrongly heaped on you, it is false guilt." Get rid of it!! Say "No". We all know when we sin, and we should feel guilty. If there is no sin, there is no guilt. It's simple. What is your sin?? Can't think of any? Get some ice cream!!
Yes, good advice. When you are in a helping profess, Iion, you have to be able to say to yourself, "It isn't my life. I am here helping." So, if it's not your life, it's not your problem, and you get to go home and be with your dogs and family and all that. It's not about you, you are there to help them. So you can walk out and be OK. You must be able to resist taking anyone else's problems onto yourself, or you will go under and burn out. It's not being cold, just discerning as to reality. It's like false guilt, which many people live their lives trying to correct. I say, "What was your sin?" And they look askance at me. I say, "If you cannot locate any sin for the guilt that was wrongly heaped on you, it is false guilt." Get rid of it!! Say "No". We all know when we sin, and we should feel guilty. If there is no sin, there is no guilt. It's simple. What is your sin?? Can't think of any? Get some ice cream!!