{"id":3004,"date":"2018-01-29T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.wordpress.com\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2018-01-29T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:36:03","slug":"drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t ask a drowning man<\/span>
\nIf he wants to be saved<\/span>
\nWhen you know he\u2019s sinking down<\/span>
\nDown beneath the crashing waves<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlie Peacock,\u00a0Drowning Man<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re drowning, you’re not doing too good. \u00a0You\u00a0might be drowning because you don’t know how to swim. \u00a0 Or maybe you’ve been in over your head for too long. \u00a0Whatever the reason, if you’re drowning you’re not thinking clearly. \u00a0And most likely you’re resources are depleted. \u00a0You’re also probably terrified. \u00a0Maybe freaking out. \u00a0What you need is a rescue. \u00a0When you’re drowning, that’s really all you need to know. \u00a0You need a rescue.<\/p>\n

You don’t ask a drowning man if he wants to be saved. \u00a0You just kick off your shoes and dive in. \u00a0Now be prepared. \u00a0He might resist. \u00a0So try to remember: \u00a0he’s not thinking straight, his resources are depleted and he’s terrified. \u00a0Maybe freaking out. \u00a0That’s why he’s drowning. \u00a0So be kind. \u00a0Be patient. \u00a0Bring him some food. \u00a0Mow her lawn. \u00a0Babysit their kids. \u00a0Get him on some dry ground where he can just breathe for a minute.<\/p>\n

I hate it when my life is so full and busy I can’t, I don’t, stop for the drowning man, woman, friend, neighbor. \u00a0Even more, I hate it when I find out a dear friend has been drowning for weeks and I hadn’t a clue.<\/p>\n

I will always remember the meal my friend Trish brought our family after my husband’s brother was killed. \u00a0We were gathered at my mother-in-law’s house with a few cousins, feeling helpless and so very sad. \u00a0And the food came, so we sat and ate. \u00a0And then someone told a Mike story. \u00a0And we laughed. \u00a0And for a brief moment thinking about him wasn’t so painful. \u00a0And we all felt very close. \u00a0Connected.<\/p>\n

The first rescue I remember doing was when I was in college. \u00a0My dear friend Eve was having a really hard time. \u00a0Life’s disappointments had piled up and she was sinking in depression. \u00a0I asked her if I could come over and make her a pot of soup. \u00a0She said yes. \u00a0And so I went and spent an afternoon making soup and listening. \u00a0And I watched my friend begin to revive a bit. \u00a0My pot of soup did not rescue Eve from her depression, but it did show her she was loved and that someone cared. \u00a0And for that afternoon Eve’s head was above the water and she was able to just breathe.<\/p>\n

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Drowning Man<\/em> is a song off of one of my all time favorite albums: \u00a0Charlie Peacock’s Secret of Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t ask a drowning man If he wants to be saved When you know he\u2019s sinking down Down beneath the crashing waves Charlie Peacock,\u00a0Drowning Man If you’re drowning, you’re not doing too good. \u00a0You\u00a0might be drowning because you don’t know how to swim. \u00a0 Or maybe you’ve been in over your head for too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}