Don't panic when the cistern runs dry. The machine starts up, and clear water gushes out

Don't panic when the cistern runs dry. The machine starts up, and clear water gushes out.

The worst thing about the dry season is lifting the cistern lid. Peeking in, your heart sinks—it's empty again. The remaining muddy water has to be used sparingly; you'll have to wash your face less today, feed the livestock less tomorrow. You hope for rain, but it doesn't; you wait for the water delivery, but the truck doesn't come. When the cistern runs dry, your heart sinks too.

But now it's different. When the cistern runs dry, you don't panic. You go to the yard, set up the machine by the well, press the switch, and it roars to life. Soon, water gushes out of the pipe, clear and cool, flowing into the cistern, into the buckets, into the place where your heart finds peace.

This feeling is called "having a winning hand." The cistern running dry isn't a problem; the machine starts, and the water comes. No need to wait for rain, no need to beg for help, no need to worry about the water cistern. Let it overflow for as long as you want; store as much water as you want. When the cistern is full, your heart is full too.

The house still has water, the fields still get irrigation, and the livestock still get fed. Even the longest dry season is no problem, because you have your own water source, your own machinery. While others can only watch helplessly as their cistern dries up, when yours is empty, a quick turn of the machine and clean water comes flowing.

Even when the cistern is empty, don't panic; a quick turn of the machine and clean water gushes out. From today onward, that cistern that once caused you anxiety has become a reservoir that brings you peace of mind.