Sizzle.
Somethings cooking on that pan.
If you took the time to ask 100 different people what their main goal in life was, you would probably get a mass majority giving you an answer relating to happiness.
But if you dove further into that question, things would start to get more opaque. What really is happiness? How do you get it? How do you live a happy life?
When we are truly happy, we are just happy.
Every single time we go through a negative emotion we find ourselves trying to get back to being "happy" as quickly as possible. But are we really happy? Are we actually moving forward with our life in a positive direction or are we just ignoring what's actually there? I would say the latter is probably more true.
Ignoring what's really going on in your life is a very dangerous and destructive way of living. When you ignore what's actually going on you create a ladder that is missing rungs. When life gets really difficult and starts kicking your butt, the rungs you hoped you could step down on are not there and you end up falling hard.
Down. Down. Down to the bottom of the ladder.
Bang. Knocked out. In pain. Life is miserable.
So how can you avoid this becoming a reality?
Court a little bit of chaos and some madness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your soul that might not be the easiest places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the times that hold negative memories. The trick is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You should also keep yourself from staying so far away that you cannot feel the heat at all. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying near to the negative feelings without being consumed by them, you will find out some pretty interesting things about yourself.
If you do this, you will heal yourself.
If you know how to deal with some chaos and madness it can bring great things out in you.
It's not only the light that can create amazing things. You can create incredible art through the darkness as well. But you have to be willing to go there first. You have to be willing to enter into the places of your heart that scare you and challenge you in the toughest of ways. There are brilliant things that can be created from that place.
Be brave enough to do this.
So maybe we should not be searching for happiness in the first place. Maybe we should be on a journey to discover as much about ourselves as possible and come to the darker places with understanding and serious compassion.
So try it on for size. It could change your life.
Somethings cooking on that pan.
If you took the time to ask 100 different people what their main goal in life was, you would probably get a mass majority giving you an answer relating to happiness.
But if you dove further into that question, things would start to get more opaque. What really is happiness? How do you get it? How do you live a happy life?
When we are truly happy, we are just happy.
Every single time we go through a negative emotion we find ourselves trying to get back to being "happy" as quickly as possible. But are we really happy? Are we actually moving forward with our life in a positive direction or are we just ignoring what's actually there? I would say the latter is probably more true.
Ignoring what's really going on in your life is a very dangerous and destructive way of living. When you ignore what's actually going on you create a ladder that is missing rungs. When life gets really difficult and starts kicking your butt, the rungs you hoped you could step down on are not there and you end up falling hard.
Down. Down. Down to the bottom of the ladder.
Bang. Knocked out. In pain. Life is miserable.
So how can you avoid this becoming a reality?
Court a little bit of chaos and some madness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your soul that might not be the easiest places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the times that hold negative memories. The trick is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You should also keep yourself from staying so far away that you cannot feel the heat at all. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying near to the negative feelings without being consumed by them, you will find out some pretty interesting things about yourself.
If you do this, you will heal yourself.
If you know how to deal with some chaos and madness it can bring great things out in you.
It's not only the light that can create amazing things. You can create incredible art through the darkness as well. But you have to be willing to go there first. You have to be willing to enter into the places of your heart that scare you and challenge you in the toughest of ways. There are brilliant things that can be created from that place.
Be brave enough to do this.
So maybe we should not be searching for happiness in the first place. Maybe we should be on a journey to discover as much about ourselves as possible and come to the darker places with understanding and serious compassion.
So try it on for size. It could change your life.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a fearless adventurer, professional life coach and writer. He is on a mission to incite the hearts and minds of those around him and help them live their best lives. Read more of his work at The Better Man Projects and throw yourself into these Sylvia Plath Quotes for some more inspiration and motivation.
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