Love the true insanity in real things. Without a little uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the surface of what's really attainable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what outlines your foundation, expansion and depth will seem like a far away dream. You see, there's an inclination to become romanced with the fast and easy, but that isn't where the magic is. The magic lies deep within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in diving out of the ship completely and diving deep down into unexplored waters all while having shatterproof faith that you will find a bubble of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you think of it, we reside 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 a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives trying to find some form of deep meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of information to help us attempt to appear sensible out of all of this. What's the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of bite-sized knowledge they can reveal 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it 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. No matter how much you try to avoid particular things taking place, life acts as a pro 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 always have some madness to them. They are unpredictable,, 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 is a little chaotic, but that is the honest 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 truly start to understand that you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you've got 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 constructed during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the location where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been scared to do.
What is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you think of it, we reside 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 a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives trying to find some form of deep meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of information to help us attempt to appear sensible out of all of this. What's the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of bite-sized knowledge they can reveal 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it 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. No matter how much you try to avoid particular things taking place, life acts as a pro 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 always have some madness to them. They are unpredictable,, 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 is a little chaotic, but that is the honest 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 truly start to understand that you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you've got 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 constructed during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the location where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been scared 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.
