Love the inherent craziness in real things. Without a little bit of madness, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are going to skim the surface of what's actually attainable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what outlines your foundation, expansion and depth will appear like a remote dream. You see, there's an inclination to become seduced with the fast and simple, but that is not where the magic is. The magic lies in the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in leaping out of the ship completely and diving deep down into unexplored waters all while having shatterproof faith that you are going to find a patch of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you consider it, we reside in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are continually cracking apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even in a position 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 search out steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of material to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little titbits of bite-sized knowledge they can expose 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to appear 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 every time it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper in the slightest. They always have some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and often 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 point. The chaos is the attractive 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 start to understand you have a role to play in this world, you can begin to develop the steered hand of the painter.
But you have got to get messy first.
Roll around in the dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made across the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the spot where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you've always been afraid to do.
What's life without any risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you consider it, we reside in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are continually cracking apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even in a position 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 search out steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of material to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little titbits of bite-sized knowledge they can expose 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to appear 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 every time it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper in the slightest. They always have some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and often 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 point. The chaos is the attractive 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 start to understand you have a role to play in this world, you can begin to develop the steered hand of the painter.
But you have got to get messy first.
Roll around in the dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made across the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the spot where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you've always been afraid to do.
What's life without any 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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