Living Water: A Reflection on the Woman at the WellWritten by: Sister Olivia Maria Latiano, SND
O Woman at the well. I know you.You keep dragging your water jarsto the stagnant waters outside of youwhere others have power over youand you feel smalland overwhelmedand responsible.
I know you.The water you seekcan be found, is found, flowing,welling up from within you.
Let that overwhelm you!You cannot control that.Don’t try.Like Meister E. saysit is “Whyless”
Sit by your own waterfall.Your inner thirst, Quencher and Energizer.I am your living waters.You are My living water.Not the samebut inseparable and unquenchable.This waterfall never stops welling up.I am its sourceand you are its source.We are its sourceand its flow and its roar,its power.
No matter how you feel,you are not small in the way you imagine.You are small,but in the beautiful way I need (and you need) you to be.You are not overwhelmed in the way you imagine,but in the way a waterfall overwhelmsand refashions the landscape it travels,the hard rocks it splashes over,creating deep wells for all who would drink.
Drink from your own well!Let the sound of your inner waterrelax and nourish you.Be.
Learn from your flowing water,our flowing flowering water.Listen to its freedomand take heed of its route.Allow it to stretch and strengthen you.Nothing will get in its way or impede its flow… not even you!
Sister Olivia Maria Latiano, SND
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