Love the intrinsic madness in real things. Without a modest amount of uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you're going to skim the surface of what's really capable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what creates your foundation, growth and depth will seem like a distant dream. You see, there's an inclination to become romanced with the fast and simple, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies in the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the canoe completely and diving deep down below into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you are going to find a patch of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you actually consider it, we are living in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently falling apart and colliding together. It is 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 whole lives trying to find some form of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume giant amounts of material to help us try to make sense out of all this madness. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little morsels of bite-sized 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 surface level stuff is when it truly comes down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is grimy. Life can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. No matter how much you try avoiding specific things happening, life acts as a pro dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper in the slightest. They always have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always completely surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you start to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly start to develop the guided 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 made during 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 place where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What really is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you actually consider it, we are living in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently falling apart and colliding together. It is 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 whole lives trying to find some form of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume giant amounts of material to help us try to make sense out of all this madness. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little morsels of bite-sized 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 surface level stuff is when it truly comes down to it - wallpaper. It is what you put over something to cause it to look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is grimy. Life can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. No matter how much you try avoiding specific things happening, life acts as a pro dart thrower, hitting it's target each time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper in the slightest. They always have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always completely surprising. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you are down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you start to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly start to develop the guided 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 made during 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 place where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What really 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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