You are filling your car with gas. Something you probably do many times a month, unless you are lucky enough to live in New Jersey where they still pump gasoline for you. You space out, watching the numbers climb too high too fast. Or, perhaps, you make googly eyes at the attractive person at pump #3. Or, if you are like me, you use the moment to shovel out a week’s worth of breakfast leftovers and empty water bottles that have collected on the passenger side floor. Then, suddenly, you are awakened from your reverie with that familiar, “click.” Your tank is now topped. You are again ready for action.
Like our automobiles, I am drawn to the idea that each one of us operates from a full-tank, rather than a half-empty tank with all kind of room for “potential.” We are all filled to the brim with our capacity in that moment. A non-filled tank can imply inadequacy or less-than, incurring judgment and scorn. I prefer compassion. That we are working with what we have learned, obtained and had modeled. We are doing the best we can at any given point in time.
So, rather than fill up our empty tanks, we can replace them with larger ones. Psychological, emotional and relational growth means that we expand our capacity to hold, do, go, feel and be more. We obtain a greater tank. Our internal room amplifies which allows our persons to extend. We then have a full tank in greater volume which gives us the capacity for more. More living. More loving. More giving. More impacting. More feeling. More intimacy. More reach. More risk. More …
So, show some compassion. We are all living to the best of our ability. And, when you are ready, there are larger tanks available. There is one waiting for you if you are interested. I hope it does. A capacity that holds more before that “click.”
For the rise of your life …
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