If we have been called a rock, maybe it means something solid, a grounding force, or a person to whom other people can turn to for comfort or advice.
It's funny when someone calls us “rock”. The first time I was called a rock, I wasn't sure what the other person meant. When I asked for an explanation, I was told that I was a person that could be relied upon to provide a grounding force to that person, a person that could be counted on to give stability when issues seemed to be bigger than what someone else could handle alone.
I'm sure many of us are a rock to someone else without knowing it. We may not have been called a rock by anyone, but that's how we are thought of.
On the other hand, just because we are a person to whom others turn to for help, advice, a grounding force in life's turbulence, doesn't mean that there aren't times we also need to turn to someone else to seek help or assistance.
No matter how emotionally solid we are, how capable we are of countering life's issues head on, each of us will at some point in our lives, need to find our own rock to turn to.
Every rock, no matter how seemingly solid, has its own tiny cracks within. Without assistance, these cracks can expand under constant pressure to become larger and larger. While someone else may see us as their rock, as their permanent mainstay of support, we may also be quietly seeking our own rock.
If we believe that we never need to turn to someone else for some level of help, guidance, a non-judgmental ear, we may be in denial that every person has to draw upon the emotional resources of someone else at some point in life.
It is just like wells that need to be fed with a steady flow of new water. It is the same theory applies in our life; our well also needs to be periodically filled with new strength.
Let us be a rock to others in need, be a rock of support to those who are facing critical issues, be a rock full of caring, and also be a rock who recognizes that we also will experience times when we need to seek our own rock.
