Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
— Antoine de St. Exupéry
Where do tears come from? Perhaps each of us has a private well where the tears rise from. Each of has our own landscape of events that have hurt us or given us joy. And so we have our own private responses to the world around us. Something may hurt one of us that would not hurt another.
Like the oceans and rivers, sometimes our well of tears is flowing. We do not always understand all the forces affecting the oceans, or our well of tears.
The kind of bucket that draws water from a well is solid and durable, and it lowers itself deep enough to find water. Good friends and family members are like that. It is comforting to share our private well with such people.
Who will I invite to drink from my well today?
Hazelden Foundation
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