Big rocks and love tanks

Once upon a time I was a regular at the Thursday morning Bible study at what I still consider my home church in spite of the fact that I haven’t been there in a few years. One particular Bible study lesson was about filling up your cup so that it can run over, because, of course, it's pretty hard for a cup to run over if it isn't full to begin with. The bucket or love tank analogy works equally well and since loving yourself was the point of the conversation that inspired this post, we'll go with love tank from here on out. The point of the lesson was that no one else can fill your cup/love tank for you, you have to do it by tapping into the source of love - I'm just going to call it Love because God is Love and that's how I roll, but it's Jesus for some, God/dess, Buddha, Allah, The Universe, Nature, peace, joy, FSM or IPU, I don't really care what you call it, the point is, a full love tank doesn't come from other people (and certainly not from just one other person - how exhausting would that job be!), it comes from a quiet place of meditation inside you where you tap into the source. What I told my friend was that other people can sure as heck dent up your love tank and some can even poke holes in it. Fortunately others can help you hammer out the dents or patch the holes, but no one person can fill it for you; only Love can fill your love tank. So, of course, if you're familiar with the 'big rocks' analogy (and if you're not, check that out before you go any farther or the rest of this may not make sense - you've been warned) you're supposed to put the big rocks in first and in that illustration, God (which I'm calling Love) is one of the big rocks. I don't think that God/Love is one of the rocks at all; I think it's the water. So here is how that changes EVERYTHING about the illustration: If you put the water in first -- which is to say, if your love tank is full -- then every big rock you add - family, friends, home, job, school - the things that are MOST important in your life, whatever they are for you - makes some of that water overflow onto everything around it. Then adding the gravel makes more of that water splash out. Then adding the sand makes more of that water splash out. The key is staying tapped into the source. But do you see what happens then? Everything starts from a place of love and you always have enough love to share, because you're always tapped into the Source of love and every single thing you do starts with a full tank that splashes Love onto everything else around you! And here’s the other cool part: even if this hasn’t been the way you’ve operated thus far, the water still soaks into everything and fills up all the empty space as soon as you pour it in, so really, you can fill your love tank any time and still get the same effect! So first things first: Do you know how to tap into the source - whatever you call it? Do you stay tapped in - meaning do you know to pay attention to your love tank and take time out to fill up when needed? Do you know what your big rocks are and how everything else measures up? Thank you to everyone who helps to fill my tank every day. I Love you! *splishy splashy*