Here’s why we celebrate, and why everyone should work celebration into their regular routine.
1. It’s part of the journey. Life isn’t just a check list of things to accomplish, we have to savor the moments, and the difficulties we have encountered and surmounted. If we don’t celebrate life just becomes one long death march. However, when you stop and celebrate, even when you have work yet to do, you make the journey so much sweeter.
2. Reinvigorates the team. Our RM team works so hard, we never close and the work is never finished. So it’s even more important in those circumstances to celebrate the faithfulness and consistency of the organization and those that have worked, and do work, to make it happen.
3. It’s fun. The harder the work, the more you need to bring fun, laughter and joy into the process. Celebrate the people, laugh at the things that went wrong, tell stories, hug and squeeze those that battle with you in your fights. It makes life so much better when you are enjoying yourself.
The work of the Rescue Mission goes on, even as the celebration Saturday night and through out this centennial year, but it’s so important for us to pause to enjoy the milestone and look forward to more great years to come.
What keeps us from enjoying the milestones in our own lives and work? What do you do to take time out to celebrate?
David Curry
