When The Well Runs Dry.

 

These days, much as water is indispensable, YET, many of us really WON'T be bothered as to its source [UNLESS there is a local breaking news that the source of water is about to breach the threshold].  And things become cataclysmic indeed When The Well Runs Dry.  Returning to the same broken well over and over again WHEN it is no longer supplying usable water is NOT going to make the well spontaneously fix itself📗📙📘

And this seems obvious WHEN we are talking about water itself, BUT it becomes less obvious [though NO less true] WHEN we consider the life-giving water of emotional support and encouragement that is necessary to keep our flickering hopes and dreams very much alive [and kicking].  So, HOW do we respond WHEN our usual sources of support dry up OR become contaminated?  Looking back at our respective lives, unless you were just born yesterday, almost everyone of us have our own narratives of 'broken wells' in our life, that is, people and even relationships WHICH I'll go to hoping for encouragement, reassurance, approval and even support BUT WHAT IF the well, is NOT able to support my need?   And each time I attempt to return, I end up finding myself hoping that that trip to the well will be different [and successful].  YES, many times in the past, I kept hoping [sometimes against hope]💚💛💜

Now let's face it.  WHEN any of us will come face to face with 'broken wells' in our life, it will disappoint us over and over again.  WHO WON'T anyways?  YET, some of us [and I was one of those before] kept coming back, hoping that I'll succeed in my latest attempt.  Sometimes I do that out of habit, that habit formation of NOT giving up, NOT raising the white flag because it will hit me hard💥💥💥

True, in my life, I do operate out of the assumption that the well is NOT working because maybe it is me WHO seems 'broken'.  In short, I end up returning and returning hoping that eventually my bucket will get filled up BUT it never is.  This becomes an addictive need to draw life-giving water from a 'broken well' that CAN'T give it to me.  And in the meantime, I continue to grow more and more thirsty, and driving that addictive habit deeper into my own patterns of behavior.  And along the way, freedom comes only in the moment that we are able to recognize that indeed the well is damn broken❌❌❌

Our takeaway:  Let's paint a different WHAT IF scenario now.  WHAT IF all through the years, your well never dried up at all.  WHAT do we do then?  WILL we wait till it dries up?  NO sirrrrrrrs!  Instead, plan ahead and equip yourself way before that well dries up.  That's our most common fault in life.  WHEN the sun is shining and dandy, we tend to forget to be prepared for the coming rainy days, those very harsh weather conditions, and WHEN THE WELL RUNS DRY😌😌😌