Yitzchak is the digger of wells. Wherever he goes across the Land of Israel, he finds water. Mei HaShiloach tells us that these waters are the words of Torah, as they are often analogized to purifying waters. Yitzchak is the man with poor sight, but he is able to see what is hidden in the depths of the earth. He clears away the stops the Philistines put in his father's wells. The Midrash tells us that when Yitzchak was about to be slaughtered, the angels cried, and their tears fell into his eyes, blinding him. Yitzchak sees the waters of heaven and finds them in the earth.
Digging wells is the work of going deep into oneself, the endeavor to go under the surface of things and find wellsprings of truth within. We wander across our desert passages, parched and searching for the waters of Torah in our lives.
Sit still for a moment or two, quiet, and let your breath come to a rhythm of its own. Follow this rhythm down to a deeper place in yourself, under the ground of intellect, under the covers and stops that our frantic world places on top of us. Touch water, drops which may be tears of grief or joy, which blind your eyes to the well-plugging distractions. Open your heartwell into which your breath will plunge. Draw this water up, take of it, and give thanks.