tags: inspirational, self-care, self-compassion. Loving yourself first is the best way to spread love. looking after yourself is the greatest act of kindness you can give the world. At first one cannot be sure of its meaning: is it rescue or is it destruction A person in this situation must keep his mind alert and not withdraw into.
On the contrary, when we care for ourselves and are kind to our body and mind, we are full vessels, and serving the people around us becomes easier. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. A tree that refuses water and sunlight for itself can’t bear fruit for others. It’s hard to not want to serve when our friends are in trouble, but trying to serve from an empty vessel often leaves both of you floundering.
When we wear ourselves down it makes it difficult or impossible to help the people around us, and all the effort and good intentions in the world can’t make up for the fact that our vessels are empty.
It’s a metaphor for emotional exhaustion. If we are too hungry to serve, we must eat some bread ourselves first. We have to stock ourselves with good things before we are able to give them away, and if we are too exhausted to make bread, we must rest before we can make it to serve our friends. When they’re thirsty, you cannot serve them from an empty pitcher, no matter the effort you put in. When your friends are hungry, you cannot serve them from an empty breadbasket, no matter how good your intentions. At least some of these beings can be forcefully driven out through an exorcism while others can be driven out by the vessel. You CANNOT serve from an empty vessel but go off I guess Azazel to Sam and Dean Vessels, or Meatsuits, are physical living beings, usually humans who serve as the physical body or embodiment of spiritual, non-physical beings.