Feelings are important to us all. What we say and do to people around us determines their moods. We each have our own buckets and dippers. Also we all have different levels of water in our buckets so we are always looking for ways to fill our buckets back up but you may ask, how do we empty our buckets?
Something essential we need to understand is that people aren’t happy all the time. Self-esteem is part of this so if we don’t feel good about ourselves then we’ll have an empty bucket. To put water back into our buckets we think that we can just clasp our dippers tight and steal from other people’s buckets. This doesn’t work because it’s not our so we can’t put it back into our own bucket.
The thing we can do to gain water back into our buckets is to feel good about ourselves and also make others feel good about themselves. These are the only ways to add water into our buckets because we can’t take from somebody else’s bucket. What better thing to do than to make somebody feel good about themselves and give them a compliment or smile or whatever it takes to feel good about themselves. What we say or don’t say affects the lives of others especially children.
Something we also understand is that the bucket represents our view of self. We all have different opinions so we all are going to have a different self-esteem. Some feel horrible about themselves so they’ll have empty buckets. On the other hand there are people that feel so-so about themselves so their buckets will be a bit fuller than the person who feels horrible about themselves. Then you have people that are extremely satisfied with themselves who will have a full bucket of water. Those that have a full bucket of water see those that have less water so they make it a point in their lives to make others feel good about themselves and help others fill their buckets back up.
We have partial control of how people feel about themselves but for the most part they have the final say in what they believe themselves to be. Even if a person feels terrible about their lives and we try to help them feel better but they don’t want us to help then there is nothing we can do but let them decide whether they want to be happy with themselves or not. What we can do is show that we are there to support them and help them realize we are there to be their friend in any time of need or personal crisis. We all need friends and someone to help us gather water back into our buckets. I don’t think we could live in this world without people to help and support us in our tough times.
At times I believe that we are too judgmental of others and don’t see the good in people like we should. What we can do is love all and try and be friends with others and as we do this we show are love for the Lord. I’m grateful for the Lord’s teachings and that he was the perfect example for all of us to follow. We have big footsteps to fill in this life and we can do it in this life through helping others in their daily lives.
