Love the inherent insanity in real things. Without a modest amount of insanity, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the outer surface of what's really possible for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, development and depth will look like a far away dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become seduced with the fast and easy, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies deep 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 indestructible faith that you're going to find a pocket of air on the way down.
Fear? Embrace it.
When you actually think of it, we live in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently collapsing and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives looking for some form of meaning that will give them direction. We seek out guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of material to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What is the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the little titbits of knowledge they can expose to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for a big disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom 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 be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. No matter how much you try avoiding specific things occuring, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They've got some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always totally surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It is a little chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you really begin to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you truly start to understand you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you have to get filthy first.
Roll around in the dust. 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 place 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 any risk? Just surviving.
Fear? Embrace it.
When you actually think of it, we live in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently collapsing and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives looking for some form of meaning that will give them direction. We seek out guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of material to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What is the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the little titbits of knowledge they can expose to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for a big disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom 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 be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. No matter how much you try avoiding specific things occuring, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They've got some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always totally surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It is a little chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you really begin to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you truly start to understand you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you have to get filthy first.
Roll around in the dust. 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 place 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 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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