Love the inherent madness in real things. Without a little bit of uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the surface of what's actually possible for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, growth and happiness will appear like a far away dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become infatuated with the fast and simple, but that isn't where the magic is. The magic lies deep within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the ship completely and diving deep into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you are going to find a pocket of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really consider it, we are living in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently falling apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even able to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives searching for some form of deep meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of information to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am now on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I truly am all about life quotes and the little tidbits of bite-sized knowledge they can divulge to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is dirty. Life can often be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try and avoid specific things taking place, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are not wallpaper in any way. They've got some madness to them. They are hard to predict, a bit crazy and frequently completely surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the honest point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly start to develop the steered hand of the painter.
But you've got to get messy first.
Roll around in the dust. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's absolutely going to be the spot where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have always been afraid to do.
What really is life without risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really consider it, we are living in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently falling apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even able to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives searching for some form of deep meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of information to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am now on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I truly am all about life quotes and the little tidbits of bite-sized knowledge they can divulge to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is dirty. Life can often be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try and avoid specific things taking place, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are not wallpaper in any way. They've got some madness to them. They are hard to predict, a bit crazy and frequently completely surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the honest point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly start to develop the steered hand of the painter.
But you've got to get messy first.
Roll around in the dust. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's absolutely going to be the spot where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have always been afraid to do.
What really is life without risk? Just surviving.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author and creator of The Words Of Encouragement a website devoted to bringing audiences encouraging blogs, life changing quotes, videos and other content to help people follow their passions and purposes.
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