Love the true madness in real things. Without a little uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the border of what's really capable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what outlines your foundation, growth and fulfillment will look like a far away dream. You see, there's a tendency to become seduced with the fast and easy, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in leaping out of the ship completely and diving deep into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you will find a patch of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you actually deeply think of it, we live in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their entire lives trying to find some form of meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, education and consume giant amounts of material to help us try to sound right out of all of this. What is the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I am all about life quotes and the tiny morsels of bite-sized knowledge they can reveal 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 actually what all this surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to make it look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is grimy. Life is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try avoiding certain things occuring, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper at all. They've got some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and almost always totally astonishing. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you have fallen down. It is a little chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to understand 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 dirty first.
Roll around in the filth. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have created throughout 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 is now time to build it over again and do the work you have always been scared to do.
What's life without risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you actually deeply think of it, we live in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their entire lives trying to find some form of meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, education and consume giant amounts of material to help us try to sound right out of all of this. What is the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I am all about life quotes and the tiny morsels of bite-sized knowledge they can reveal 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 actually what all this surface level stuff is when it boils down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to make it look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is grimy. Life is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try avoiding certain things occuring, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper at all. They've got some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and almost always totally astonishing. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you have fallen down. It is a little chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to understand 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 dirty first.
Roll around in the filth. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have created throughout 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 is now time to build it over again and do the work you have always been scared to do.
What's 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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