Love the intrinsic craziness in real things. Without a little madness, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are going to skim the surface of what's really possible for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, development and depth will appear like a far away dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become seduced with the fast and simple, but that isn't where the magic is. The magic lies within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the canoe completely and diving deep down into unexplored waters all while having shatterproof faith that you are going to find a bubble of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really think of it, we live in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even able to function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives looking for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down steerage, wisdom, and consume giant amounts of info to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am now on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the small morsels of knowledge they can reveal to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all this surface level stuff is when it 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 is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, 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 not wallpaper in any way. They always have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and often 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's the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin 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 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 during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that is going to be the location where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you've always been scared to do.
What is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really think of it, we live in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even able to function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives looking for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down steerage, wisdom, and consume giant amounts of info to help us attempt to sound right out of all this. What is the journey I am now on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't misunderstand me, I am all about life quotes and the small morsels of knowledge they can reveal to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's truly what all this surface level stuff is when it 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 is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, 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 not wallpaper in any way. They always have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and often 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's the point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin 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 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 during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that is going to be the location where you build your life. It's time to build it over again and do the work you've 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.
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