Your Resiliency: How to replenish your Reservoir of Water

To get an idea of what it takes to have a reservoir for when challenges or change come into your life, try this following activity. Get a blank piece of paper, number it 1-20, and make a list of 20 things that you enjoy doing. It could be anything from serving people, to playing with your children or climbing a mountain. Really think about these things: what do you enjoy doing the most? Enjoy the music on this blog as you do so.

Now that you’ve completed your list, ask yourself why you enjoy doing these activities? Is it because they allow you to be creative, playful, kind, honorable, spiritual, or powerful? What is the source of your enjoyment?

When we realize that in doing these favorite activities we are really fulfilling the needs of our heart. Your heart wants to be childlike, moral, intuitive, and noble. When we take action in our lives to fulfill these needs, it is as though we are filling our lake with the necessary reservoir of water for the moments when they are needed most. The following posts address each of these needs individually.