Dipping or Filling?

I read a book once called, “How Full Is Your Bucket”.

The premise was that everyone carries around an imaginary bucket. As you go through your day, people are either filling your bucket or dipping out of it. 

Two lessons are learned:

First, spend time with people who fill your bucket rather than dip out of it. Spend time with people you want to be around. Spend time with people who encourage, uplift and help. If someone insists on being critical, negative and bringing you down, get away from them. There is no rule that says you have to be around people who destroy you. 

Second, be the person who fills others’ buckets up. Using words, expressions and deeds, we can encourage people to a degree we would never imagine. Just as we don’t understand how deeply an unkind word can hurt, we don’t fully understand how much a word of encouragement can help.

Are you a bucket filler or dipper?

Your attitude toward a post like this will let you know.