James A. Pearson

Practicing poetry, writing, and coaching around the dynamic of "belonging into the world."

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@jerrycolonna Amen.

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When I first read this line it gave me permission to prioritize my own needs, my own okayness in the world.

In the years since it's helped me step into more and more wholehearted seasons of life.

Read the whole article: https://t.co/gVmSi7c6MZ

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The story we're told is that we're supposed to set a big, ambitious goal and then work relentlessly towards it.

But most of life doesn't look like that at all.

It's about taking the next right step, over and over, and shaping your life accordingly.

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@justinmulvs @Dr_MatthewJones Yeah, that word is powerful.

So often our beating hearts work all day to power us through activities we have no real affection for.

That's the path to burnout.

I like to think of wholeheartedness as bringing those back into alignment.

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Feeling tired of your life can be a feature, not a bug.

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@justinmulvs Glad it landed well for you, Justin!

It helped me recognize what @Dr_MatthewJones describes in his post. That the invitation of burnout is much more profound than just rest.

(I wrote more about it here: https://t.co/RnbjtI8OdO)

What did it stir for you? (What were the chills?)

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@Dr_MatthewJones "The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest. [Sometimes] the antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness."

-Brother David Steindl-Rast

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Here's what that looks like: https://t.co/RnbjtI8OdO

[James A. Pearson @jamesapearson]

"The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest. [Sometimes] the antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness."

-Brother David Steindl-Rast

[Dr. Matthew Jones @Dr_MatthewJones]

I hate the social media dialogue around burnout.

Burnout isn't solved by self-care and it's not synonymous with exhaustion.

Burnout is your soul calling for a new way of engaging with yourself, others, and life itself.

There is no one-sized fits all solution.

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Sit still
and you will find
discomfort.

Sit still
in the discomfort
and you will find

what needs you.

[Jerry Colonna @jerrycolonna]

Friends, I am thrilled to announce my new book, Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong, which will be available on November 14.🧵

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Sometimes you're burnt out, but no amount of rest seems to help.

Not vacations.

Not retreats.

Not sabbaticals.

Here's what might: https://t.co/RnbjtI8OdO

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don’t save up your praise. 
Luxuriate fully in what you love
because the winds come quickly
and the winter is long.

"October" by James A. Pearson

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It’s October so yes, the world
is dying but I always think
I have another month
at least, maybe two,
to marvel in the middle
of fall’s kaleidoscope,
walking the fractal trance
of kindergarten yellows and

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(somehow!) iridescent pinks.
But then one good wind
comes in off the distant Pacific 
and trees that just yesterday 
dripped with dazzle
stand skeletized, stripped
of their abundance for the
promiseless months to come.
I guess what I’m trying to say is:

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This quote has shaped my life for almost a decade:

“…each of us has a survival dance and a sacred dance, but the survival dance must come first.”

(from Soulcraft by Bill Plotkin)

Here's what that means for you: https://t.co/E88izfctce

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Sometimes no amount of rest will fix your burnout.

Not vacations.

Not retreats.

Not sabbaticals.

Here's what might: https://t.co/2TiEVw2Lpa

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Trying out @Medium to share some of my writing:

"A Door in the Dead End: How loss, failure, and heartbreak open your way to a second half of life"

https://t.co/Vqj39TVDww