The Wake-Up Call - Debt - There are many kinds of debt. The one we're most familiar with is financial debt. But what about when our emotional and energetic bank accounts are overdrawn? Do we just keep going, turning to external sources to fill ourselves back up, without addressing the underlying reasons our inner resources are drained?

When we're feeling needy, exhausted, empty, powerless, depressed, bored or lost we are conditioned to seek comfort from the external world - eating, shopping, working, reading, exercising, helping - there are an endless number of things we turn to for solace. These can appease us for a while, but sooner or later the deficit catches up with us and eventually shows up in our bodies.

Self-Awareness Exercise: Just as you balance your checkbook, conduct an audit of the energy coming in and going out of your life. Look for feelings of being drained, stressed, resigned, depressed, bored and exhausted. What people, activities, experiences or substances do you depend on for a sense of security, belonging and love? Who or what are you "financing" with your energy?

Quote:
"Sabbath time can be a revolutionary challenge to the violence of overwork, mindless accumulation, and the endless multiplication of desires, responsibilities and accomplishments. Sabbath is a way of being in time where we remember who we are, remember what we know, and taste the gifts of spirit and eternity."
Wayne Muller: Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in Our Busy Lives