Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
Margin is the space that once existed between ourselves and our limits. Today we use margin just to get by. This book is for anyone who yearns for relief from the pressure of overload. Reevaluate your priorities, determine the value of rest and simplicity in your life, and see where your identity really comes from. The benefits can be good health, financial stability, fulfilling relationships, and availability for God’s purpose.
Top Highlights
“Margin has been stolen away, and progress was the thief. If we want margin back, we will first have to do something about progress.” (source)
“Stress is not the circumstance, it is our response to the circumstance.” (source)
“No one likes pain. We all want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But physical pains are usually there for a reason, to tell us something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Emotional, relational, and societal pains, too, are often indicators that all is not well. As such, they serve a valuable purpose—they help us focus.” (source)
“What if, instead, we were to begin measuring our progress not by our wealth but by our virtue; not by our education but by our humility; and not by our power but by our meekness?” (source)
“Progress’s biggest failure has been its inability to nurture and protect right relationships.” (source)
Indispensable for health and sanity.
This underground classic was recommended to me when I was recovering from burnout over a decade ago. In a world that’s only gotten busier and louder since Swenson wrote Margin, this book is even more essential today.
Margin is a home remedy for people who’ve run out of time, energy, confidence, and courage.
Product Details
- Title : Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
- Author: Swenson, Richard
- Publisher: NavPress
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781615214754