Draining the Swamp Lands

Swamp land can certainly have a few uses.  It can be used for wildlife preserves or fishing.  But many times, it can be more useful to drain a particular area of swamp land if one wishes to use the ground for other purposes.  I sometimes have conversations with patients about how they might go about draining a swamp and what it might be used for later.  Canals can be useful for draining the swamp and diverting in-flowing water sources.  Levies can be useful for keeping water out during times of heavy flooding.  Land that was formerly a swamp can often be quite fertile for growing crops.  And often a person can think of other ways to drain the swamp and for how they might use the land after it is drained.

Finding the Highest Path

Most people have within them a desire to seek a higher path than the one they’re on. For different reasons, they sometimes have difficulty doing this. They might believe they can’t handle a higher path or might be scared of the terrain. Or they may not trust their sense of direction. Or they may feel like the path they’re on is dangerous, but at least it’s familiar. In any event, in treatment, they begin to feel a sense of safety that will allow them to venture to ever higher paths. When they take a higher path for the first time, they might be scared. Over time, they grow more comfortable with an idea of a higher path, and they keep taking higher and higher paths until they find the highest path.