What waters your soul? Isn’t that the most wonderfully poetic phrase! Recently, a friend was thanking me for coaching her through a tough time; and she said, “You have watered my soul.” WOW! Her words moved and nurtured me. But, the phrase has stayed with me for weeks.
What waters your soul? Take a few moments to reflect on things, people, places, events, activities that do just that. Talking to friends, I have a short list from their lives: Riding a horse; looking at my husband’s face; my four-year-old shouting, “Mom, I love you!”
Where have you been? What sites have you seen that water your soul? Seeing the ocean; standing with my back against a giant redwood and feeling its power; gazing at the red canyons in Zion National Park. For me, simple things water my soul. I’m filled with joy and a quiet excitement when my pink spider lilies bloom even though they only last a day; when I hear a birds chirping outside my window; when a see a whale and her baby spouting off shore.
Because I tend to rush and focus on goals and getting things done, the opportunity is to take the extra moment to let myself drink in those extraordinary gifts. To enjoy, to celebrate, to savor, yes, to drink in, those magical moments and gifts that life gives us. To let my soul be watered. What waters your soul?
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