Why is the story of the Starving Baker ironic?  What things keep people from taking time for their own self care and personal growth?  In what times have you really needed someone to help pick you up and get you back on track?  Who picked you up?  How did they help you? Explain the story of “sharpening the axe”?  How does this analogy apply to your own life? Which people in your life help you to “sharpen your axe”? What things can you do to increase or work on self care and your own personal growth? What obstacles will you have to overcome?