I have relatives with some property and a cabin in a very remote area. One of the challenges there is to provide ourselves with some form of running water. Years ago, I helped them set up a system using a tank at the top of a rocky hill formation, which gathers water from a nearby lake. We set up hoses running to various faucets. Any time you open a faucet, water runs down the hill, and out it pours. You can imagine how gratifying it is to open the faucet and get water.
But first, you’ve got to fill the tank! And consider how significant that part is. Compared to opening the faucet, filling the tank is almost all of the work.
This has been a helpful illustration for me as I endeavor to experience well-being in my life and hope others experience it in their lives, too. I thought about how the tank could symbolize our consciousness and how the water could symbolize the awareness of God’s good nature and all-presence. God, or the Holy Spirit, constitutes the very essence of our lives. And it so often seems that the momentum I would like to experience depends on gaining awareness of His presence. If we want progress or more well-being, we need to continue filling our spiritual tank so that when we open the faucet, the good in our consciousness is expressed and put forth into our world.
