This is a quote I heard one of the participants quote in turn. I was left thinking that it is a very true description of the mental heaviness that is rife in organisations.
Mental exhaustion does not just come from workload. Indeed, it often arises primarily because people are not creating.
Doesn’t create something that comes from the heart.
Doesn’t create something he puts himself into.
Doesn’t create something that is truly his own way.
We don’t get tired of doing the work, we get tired when our work doesn’t support the path we came here to walk.
🌀 What we call “mental health” is often a person who has lost touch with his or her creativity, his or her inner purpose, his or her own life purpose, and instead:
🛑 He has not been listened to and he has not listened to himself.
🎭 He has had to take on roles that are not his own.
⚙️ He has had to fit into the system, not be supported by it.
And so creativity is left somewhere… waiting. Imagine a world where leaders support their people to be creative. Where work is not just an activity, but an expression of self.
✨ When a leader also allows himself to be uncontrolled, or trustingly creative, a new culture is born. A people-friendly culture. A creative culture.
And there is no mental health crisis. There is life, because life is creation.
