Finding water

Today I got the opportunity to walk along a path beside one of the two rivers running through Kamloops, my present abode. It's quite interesting... A lot of the vegetation around here is either very dry or highly maintained by human intervention. Yet next to the river there are a variety of greens and wonderfully blossoming flowers, I dare to say even nicer than much of Vancouver (mostly because the sun shines here instead of peeking in and out). I had an interesting thought while walking here: in other areas of life, we have to make sure we're near the right amount of living water to sustain us and make us grow.
So ever since I travelled back to Kamloops, I guess I've been trying to find the right source of water, you might say. Not necessarily just financially (really, though it should be more of a concern for me I'm not worrying terribly about that right now), it's more spiritually and socially. Coming back into a situation where everything's turned around and you can't seem to find your place makes it hard to set roots again... even for a nomadic fellow such as myself.
Somewhat frustrating is that, over the last little while, I've made an effort to grow closer to people around me, and somehow it's worked rather well. Great, right? Well... Not exactly when you end up moving away from those people (getting "transplanted" into another garden, if you're following the horticulture analogy) and have for the last many years not been so connected with others. Fortunately, I'm adapting to it now (slowly), remembering back to the days when me and God would hang out... Great guy to spend time with. Of course, google talk and MSN have helped plenty as well, but being in a situation where you're not surrounded by so many awesome people (at least, as closely surrounded) makes it all the more important to take it upon yourself to communicate effectively and personally with God (perhaps that's why monks and other cloistered persons develop such strong faiths).
Overall, I really hope you find sources of water around you, particularly Jesus, who said "but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:14). If you don't have such sources in your life, I urge you to check out some churches... and if you're in the vicinity of Burnaby Mountain around 6pm on a Sunday, I am positive you'll find many sources of water at the Point church.

Oh yeah, and immense thanks to all of you who have been springs of water for me... It's so often kept me going, in fact it still does.