Found this in a sidebar of a book I was reading…the list is described as “five unrealistic expectations that can contribute to servant burnout.”  Sometimes we take “all things to all men” to extremes it was never meant for.  To paraphrase Jethro (Moses’ father-in-law, not one of the hillbillies): “You can’t save everybody, Mo!” (see Exodus 18:17,18)

LIES THAT LEAD TO ‘MARTHA OVERLOAD’:

1. “There should not be any limits to what I can do”
2. “I have the capacity to help everyone”
3. “I am the only person available to help”
4. “I must never make a mistake”
5. “I have the ability to change another person”

–from Caring Without Wearing by Carol Travilla