"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Frost
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
Yes! Very true. I usually ask a follow up question after that, "What else are they good for?" You wouldn't imagine the pause and dead silence after that.
"Hmmmm...I don't know!" Don't worry I'll give it to you. As good as walls are for keeping things out they also do a great job of trapping things "in."
This is where we get into trouble. We get into a ton of trouble because whenever we start hurting in life we build our walls higher and higher to protect ourselves.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
But it gets much worse. When you spend your time building walls you fail to create any "exits" for yourself and when things get bad, they really go bad.
And as life would have it, it loves to shoot a fiery arrow into your village and start up something good. I think you know where this is going - no fire escape, a fire in the village, and a whole lot of hay laying around - trouble. In fact, chaos arrives when something like that happens and more often than not, everything burns to the ground.
Walls can numb you. They can turn you to ice.
When you shut yourself off from experience life in its fullest and everything that the world has to offer you aren't really living. You're just having an experience of surviving. You're doing whatever it takes to get by but not really out there in the world thriving.
The very walls that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. They are trapping everything positive inside of you and making you numb. The only way is to let everything out and to experience life in its fullest.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
If you want to have an amazing experience living in this world, you have to tear down the walls.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Take a risk. Break down your barriers
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
Yes! Very true. I usually ask a follow up question after that, "What else are they good for?" You wouldn't imagine the pause and dead silence after that.
"Hmmmm...I don't know!" Don't worry I'll give it to you. As good as walls are for keeping things out they also do a great job of trapping things "in."
This is where we get into trouble. We get into a ton of trouble because whenever we start hurting in life we build our walls higher and higher to protect ourselves.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
But it gets much worse. When you spend your time building walls you fail to create any "exits" for yourself and when things get bad, they really go bad.
And as life would have it, it loves to shoot a fiery arrow into your village and start up something good. I think you know where this is going - no fire escape, a fire in the village, and a whole lot of hay laying around - trouble. In fact, chaos arrives when something like that happens and more often than not, everything burns to the ground.
Walls can numb you. They can turn you to ice.
When you shut yourself off from experience life in its fullest and everything that the world has to offer you aren't really living. You're just having an experience of surviving. You're doing whatever it takes to get by but not really out there in the world thriving.
The very walls that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. They are trapping everything positive inside of you and making you numb. The only way is to let everything out and to experience life in its fullest.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
If you want to have an amazing experience living in this world, you have to tear down the walls.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Take a risk. Break down your barriers
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Quotes About Being Happy http://thewordsofencouragement.com/quotes-about-being-happy/ or these Patience Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/patience-quotes/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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