Love the true craziness in real things. Without a little bit of insanity, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the border of what's actually attainable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what outlines your foundation, growth and happiness will seem like a remote dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become infatuated with the fast and simple, but that is not where the magic is. The magic lies within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the boat completely and diving deep down into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you will find a pocket of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you actually consider it, we live in a world definitely 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 able to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some type of meaning that will give them direction. We search out guidance, wisdom, and consume giant amounts of information to help us try and sound right out of all this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of knowledge they can expose to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all of this surface level stuff is when it truly comes 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 is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees every time it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try and avoid particular things taking place, life acts as a pro dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, emotions, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have 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's a bit chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you really begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to understand 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 dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have constructed throughout the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that is going to be the spot where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have always been afraid to do.
What is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you actually consider it, we live in a world definitely 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 able to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some type of meaning that will give them direction. We search out guidance, wisdom, and consume giant amounts of information to help us try and sound right out of all this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of knowledge they can expose to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all of this surface level stuff is when it truly comes 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 is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees every time it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try and avoid particular things taking place, life acts as a pro dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, emotions, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have 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's a bit chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you really begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to understand 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 dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have constructed throughout the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that is going to be the spot where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have always been afraid to do.
What is life without a degree of 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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