There is nothing more lovely, wonderful, and electrifying than being around ladies who have something awaken inside them - a trip, a calling, an adventure. I have been pretty fortunate to have spent a lot of time with strong women - even raised by 2 who I would do anything for - women who've got their own dreams despite all the things they are fed incessantly by our society, bloom anyway. They are entirely unique in a world that's training them to be like everybody else. How amazing is that? Above all, women act as moment by moment integrity checkers for men, oracles even, and if you can surround yourself with a grouping of very strong women, you'll grow unbelievably, have your head lovingly cut off when you are not being the best man you might be, and you'll experience life itself and its vast array of experiences. Like the sea they change and shift by the second, feelings and thoughts swarm...let that help you find your solidity. They will test you with their darkest moods and feelings - only to have them feel you are immovable, the mountain, inevitably going to be there no matter what and firm in your purpose. These are gifts, not hinderances. These relationships create you, but if you really deflate - they'll destroy you. Seek them out - don't be threatened, women can move mountains. They are to seriously be respected.
The dynamics of my life in moving with true feminine energy has changed almost 180 degrees for plenty of reasons. But oh how I have shifted within. In the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two amazing and awfully strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are very driven and proficient in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was very little and inclined to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my dad as well, equally as driven, considerate, inventive and persistent and turned into a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my angles, my feelings, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside me that declined to give up. Even when it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and a massive mess was made. So I crashed like the ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But lately this dynamic shifted religiously as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what true masculine energy essentially was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the guys who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and truly ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I will tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, comfortable, and is still rooted in his deepest want. To find your purpose is a great deal more than just what you do for work - it's going to be a direct leader in your life and will influence your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It absolutely did for me. As fast as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are the same as the flowing ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In a moment, a calm ocean can change into a sequence of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your small ship wondering how the heck you're going to climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it implies to be alive. Why do you really think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a type of energy that surely is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men who don't understand what it really means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked straight out of their little boat - I cannot tell you how frequently I have been tossed out of my little boat or bailed before the wave hit. But give a man a purpose, and that wave actually starts to seem like fun. Moreover, that wave can inspire your deepest purpose.
This is the part that has changed my life utterly.
Every single day I sit comfortable down and write, I am totally driven by a type of energy that's certainely very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my tiny chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this type of energy that if you focus upon it deep enough, you will find a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and potent. A wavelength which has existed far before everybody and one that will undoubtedly be here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me infrequently when I am on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - using all the amazing things that changed - and get impressed by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the exact same time, I am here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was already dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, completely and definitely inspired by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all doubt. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my tapping into both - that really has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my friendships and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I did not know existed. Floods of amazing people have showed up in my life and I am able to see the whole thing morphing, only to know that it'll all change and pass...and that is superbly okay.
The dynamics of my life in moving with true feminine energy has changed almost 180 degrees for plenty of reasons. But oh how I have shifted within. In the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two amazing and awfully strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are very driven and proficient in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was very little and inclined to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my dad as well, equally as driven, considerate, inventive and persistent and turned into a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my angles, my feelings, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside me that declined to give up. Even when it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and a massive mess was made. So I crashed like the ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But lately this dynamic shifted religiously as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what true masculine energy essentially was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the guys who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and truly ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I will tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, comfortable, and is still rooted in his deepest want. To find your purpose is a great deal more than just what you do for work - it's going to be a direct leader in your life and will influence your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It absolutely did for me. As fast as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are the same as the flowing ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In a moment, a calm ocean can change into a sequence of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your small ship wondering how the heck you're going to climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it implies to be alive. Why do you really think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a type of energy that surely is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men who don't understand what it really means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked straight out of their little boat - I cannot tell you how frequently I have been tossed out of my little boat or bailed before the wave hit. But give a man a purpose, and that wave actually starts to seem like fun. Moreover, that wave can inspire your deepest purpose.
This is the part that has changed my life utterly.
Every single day I sit comfortable down and write, I am totally driven by a type of energy that's certainely very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my tiny chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this type of energy that if you focus upon it deep enough, you will find a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and potent. A wavelength which has existed far before everybody and one that will undoubtedly be here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me infrequently when I am on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - using all the amazing things that changed - and get impressed by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the exact same time, I am here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was already dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, completely and definitely inspired by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all doubt. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my tapping into both - that really has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my friendships and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I did not know existed. Floods of amazing people have showed up in my life and I am able to see the whole thing morphing, only to know that it'll all change and pass...and that is superbly okay.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website devoted to spreading positive high-quality content to those who need a little spark and motivation in their lives. In celebration of the amazing women in his life, he developed a post dedicated to strong women quotes to celebrate just how much we can learn from having women in our lives.
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