As leaders, we need to accept who we are, understand our limitations, and then joyfully work within those parameters. We need to give ourselves permission to be sad and grieve, but also to be joyful and happy. Emotions are an involuntary response of feeling to stimuli either outside of us or within us, resulting in bodily changes and feelings. Growing up emotionally. Part of Christian growth and maturity is to learn to express our emotions appropriately, how to recognize and articulate the feelings within ourselves, and how to use our feelings as a resource of strengthas a stepping stone instead of a reason to be incapacitated.
Emotional urges are important for doing certain tasks and for loving others.
But too much emotion leads to a loss of control. Burnout arises when emotions get too intense and lead to meltdown or depression. I hope that this seminar will move us a little bit forward toward the goal of learning to own, recognize, articulate, and name our emotions. Emotions are a part of the divine imprint on our lives. It is sinful and life denying to suppress our emotions.