What Was Draining My Peace
What Was Draining My Peace
I had a dream I couldn't figure out.
Actually, I had it several times.
The details changed a little, but it always involved water leaking somewhere.
Sometimes it was a pipe.
Sometimes it was a garage.
Sometimes it was water coming through a ceiling.
I would wake up thinking:
"What in the world is that supposed to mean?"
Like most people, I assumed it was something practical.
Maybe money.
Maybe work.
Maybe something I needed to take care of.
So I started looking around.
But nothing seemed to fit.
The dream kept coming back.
One day it finally hit me.
Maybe the leak wasn't money.
Maybe it wasn't work.
Maybe it wasn't something outside of me at all.
Maybe it was peace.
That got my attention.
Because if I'm honest, the last several months haven't exactly been peaceful.
There have been misunderstandings.
Hard feelings.
Things I wish had gone differently.
Conversations I wish had gone better.
People I care about who don't always see things the way I do.
And the more I thought about it, the more I realized something.
I was carrying a lot.
I've learned something about myself.
When I care about people, I want to help.
I want to fix things.
I want people to get along.
I want misunderstandings cleared up.
I want everyone to understand each other.
That sounds good on paper.
The problem is that after a while I start carrying things that don't belong to me.
Then I wonder why I'm tired.
A funny thing happens when you carry things too long.
You stop noticing how heavy they are.
You just get used to them.
Then one day you realize you've been hauling around a backpack full of rocks and wondering why your shoulders hurt.
I think that's what was happening to me.
Not physically.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Spiritually.
The dream reminded me of two other impressions I've had recently.
One was:
"Be the patient."
The other was:
"Let the sacrum rest."
Now came this dream about the leak.
At first they seemed unrelated.
Now I think they were all teaching the same lesson.
Slow down.
Rest.
Trust.
Quit carrying everything.
The biggest surprise came when I stopped asking:
"What is leaking?"
And started asking:
"What is draining me?"
That turned out to be a much better question.
Because sometimes it isn't the problem that drains us.
It's carrying the problem.
Thinking about it.
Replaying it.
Trying to solve it.
Trying to make everything come out right.
Trying to fix things that may not be ours to fix.
I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about peace.
Not the kind where everybody agrees.
Lord knows that doesn't happen very often.
😂
I mean the kind of peace that stays with you even when things aren't resolved.
Even when questions remain.
Even when people see things differently.
Even when life is messy.
That kind of peace is harder to find.
But I think it's more real.
One thought keeps coming back to me.
What if the leak wasn't the situation at all?
What if the leak was all the energy I was spending trying to carry things that belong to God?
That thought stopped me in my tracks.
Because every time I let go a little, something interesting happens.
I breathe easier.
I sleep better.
The pressure eases.
The peace starts coming back.
Not because everything is fixed.
But because I'm no longer trying to carry the whole thing myself.
I don't have all the answers.
The dream didn't solve every problem.
Life is still life.
People are still people.
And I'm still learning.
But I think I understand the lesson a little better now.
Sometimes the answer isn't fixing the problem.
Sometimes the answer is putting the burden down.
Sometimes the answer is trusting that God cares about the people we love even more than we do.
And sometimes the answer is simply finding the leak and letting peace return.
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