“Resource is anyone or anything that promotes growth and healing. It can be a person, process, relationship, experience, memory, or energy flow. Wherever it comes from, it is always tied to creation itself.
“Every one of us is blessed with a giant goodie bag full of resource. Yet most of us focus on only one corner of our goodie bag and rarely look beyond it.
“This is actually a cause for celebration. It means that you have many more places to turn — and many more options to explore — when the heat gets turned up under you.
“Let's review your most familiar and obvious forms of resource:
- family members, friends, and other human beings who care about you
- helping professionals — healthcare workers, therapists, counselors, life coaches, massage practitioners, and so on
- spiritual leaders, coaches, and advisors
- spiritual community
- informal support groups of all types, from Twelve Step meetings to weekly breakfasts with trusted acquaintances
- meaningful written texts of all types — from brief aphorisms to multi-volume works
- talks, podcasts, videos, interviews, and in-person presentations featuring wise and compassionate people …
- time spent in nature — walking, cycling, swimming, bird watching, collecting mushrooms, or watching sunrises
- time spent quietly alone, deliberately not doing any task
- time spent with animals— a beloved pet, the pet of a friend or family member, or wild animals in a park or nature preserve …
- principled, compassionate activism — working for a valued cause
- pausing and paying attention”
