144: Managing Stress - Hold onto Joy
From Reflections on Generosity for Capital Campaigns by Small Town Capital Campaigns
April 13, 2026 · 5 min · Season 4 · Episode 144
About this episode
This episode discusses managing stress while holding onto joy, inspired by a poem from Greville MacDonald.
"...Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by the covering, Cast them away as ugly, or heavy, or hard." This week, I’m reading a poem written by Greville MacDonald to his father George MacDonald in 1930. Reflection question: Who on your list of donors who have already given can you call this week to hold onto joy in the midst of your stress? Reflection on the quote: Capital campaigns are full of some many moments that can be also hard and taxing on the staff, volunteers and...
Topics covered
- stress management
- joy
- capital campaigns
- donor relations
- poetry
Keywords
- stress
- joy
- capital campaigns
- donors
- poem
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