The trick to filling your cup when it springs a leak:
Take a realistic view of life as it is, today
Then imagine what you want it to be, tomorrow
Next, ask yourself if what you want is within your realm of control
If your answer is maybe ... you may be half way home
Here's an example of how that train of thought works for me:
I remember a time when I felt out of tune with someone I love
I remember calling to say ...
Somehow we got off track
I want to stop walking eggshells with you
And I believe you'd like the same
Since I can't point to exactly what's gone wrong
And perhaps you don't have a clue, either
I just want you to know that I'm 'aware'
Of the fact that 'something' needs to change
And if we put our heads together
And listen to what each other needs to say...
Less defensively, more openly, than before
Perhaps we'll hear each other
With a greater sense of clarity
Than in the recent past ... and
As my desire to retune our relationship was sincere
My words were welcomed as a balm into my loved one's ear
And once the trust we'd once shared ... Naturally
Felt READY to be retuned
Our mutual desire for positively focused change
Outweighed defensive reactions on both sides
And thus did that humbling interchange establish a beginning
For building a new foundation
Based in retuning the harmonic sense of TRUST
That we'd enjoyed before 'something' sprung a leak
You see, once two half full cups
Choose to pour positive attitudes
Into each other's ears ...
Both hearts may be so appreciative of each other's GROWTH
That cups, which may have sprung a leak
Feel enriched beyond measure
And thus do love, trust, mutual respect and personal GROWTH
Inspire leaky cups to mend, bend ... and overflow
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