Is Your Watering Can Full?

When my porch flower’s soil is parched and the plants are wilting, though the watering can is right there, if its empty, I’ve been known to walk away thinking I’ll get to them later. (As if it’s too much time or energy to go fill it up.) To address what is lacking within, I now keep a full watering can on my porch, and as soon as I water the plants I immediately refill it, leaving it ready for next time. The result ~ my plants get better care with this system.

Why I find it laborious or a nuisance to take a few minutes to fill that can when I see the need for watering is a dumb little mystery. But I so appreciate simply picking up a full bucket to refresh those flowers when they look a little down.

As I did that this week, I thought how important it is to have a reserve of refreshing on hand, sitting nearby, on call, to simply pick up to tend to our own parching, for the times we’re wilting under some heat. Having an inner circle of friends who are at the ready to pour in is so very valuable. It does indeed take time and energy to build that circle, but it’s much less taxing to reach for when we know it’s there. That circle can be as refreshing as water on parched land, they can lift our faces back up toward the sun.

Do you have a small community at the ready to reach out to when you’re in need of refreshing? Even if we do, it takes vulnerability to reach out. And we might not even know what we need, but knowing someone knows where we are leaves us feeling less alone. Check your watering can and add water if necessary.