When your car runs out of gas, do you expect it just to fill itself and drive better?
Last week, we talked about building strength in order to create lasting behavioral change. If you want to experience enduring change, you will first need to seek help for your own needs which can only be done in the context of real, trusting, secure relationships.
I have run into a lot of problems in my life when I have tried to ignore my needs (even for the sake of others). But it’s only when I have humbled myself and put a plan in place to address my own needs that I have had the energy and strength to stop my own destructive behaviors.
I call this “filling my bucket.”
You might be thinking it’s a selfish act to fill your own bucket, but it’s one of the most unselfish things you can do!
When you take time to fill your own bucket, you have more to give those you are responsible for, rather than running on fumes and giving others your leftovers.
So, let us humble ourselves and seek out those who can help us with our weaknesses and be intentional about filling our buckets with good, energizing activities.