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Don’t go to a dry well
Hi everyone Pouring myself a glass of water this morning, I reflected on how much we take this simple act for granted. Having fresh, clean water on tap is something developed countries enjoy. However, in many parts of the world today, people still get their water from wells and rivers. If these run dry, the […]
Hi everyone
Pouring myself a glass of water this morning, I reflected on how much we take this simple act for granted. Having fresh, clean water on tap is something developed countries enjoy.
However, in many parts of the world today, people still get their water from wells and rivers. If these run dry, the local population could be in big trouble!
The life-giving properties of water are one of the reasons why our cities and towns sprung up around water sources. When the wells and rivers run dry, life becomes difficult and people are forced to move to places where they can access water.
If anyone finds themselves stranded in a desert, the first thing they do is search for water and hope they packed sunscreen! We instinctively know what we need to survive physically and are driven to seek out that which sustains us.
But where do we go to receive another kind of sustenance, the emotional type? What we shouldn’t do is go to a dry well, to people and places that might not be capable of giving us what we need emotionally.
Are you going to a dry well? Do you keep trying to get people to meet your needs when they might not be capable of it? Perhaps they just can’t, as they might not have it in them.
It’s more helpful to seek out those who are able to sustain you, than to keep going back to an empty well, peering in and shouting out, why is there no water in there!
‘We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.’ (Thomas Fuller)
Take care and be kind to each other
Janine
