There's little more beautiful, wonderful, and inspiring than being around ladies that have something awaken within them - an excursion, a calling, an escapade. I've been pretty supremely lucky to expend a great deal of time with strong women - even raised by two great ones who I would do absolutely anything for - women who have their own dreams despite all of the things they are fed incessantly by our society, bloom anyhow. They're completely unique in a world that's trying it's best to training them to be like everyone else. How awesome is that? Above all else, women act as moment by moment integrity checkers for men, oracles even, and if you can surround yourself with a bunch of very strong women, you will grow unbelievably, have your head lovingly cut off when you are not being the best man you could be, and you may experience life itself and its massive array of experiences. Like the unpredictable ocean they change and shift by the second, feelings and thoughts swarm...let that help you to find your solidity. They'll test you with their darkest moods and feelings - only to have them feel that you're immovable, the mountain, inevitably going to be there no matter what and firm in your purpose. These are gifts, not hinderances. These guiding relationships create you, but if you weaken and deflate - they'll destroy you. Seek them out - don't be intimidated, women can move mountains. They are to seriously be respected.
The dynamics of my life in moving with true feminine energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for many reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. Throughout the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two amazing and extremely strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are very driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was small and inclined to get along with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad too, similarly as driven, loving artistic and persistent and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my perspectives, my uncontrollable emotions and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside of me that refused to quit. Even on the rare occasion it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career stopped and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But very recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what powerful masculine energy actually was. This hasn't only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the great men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind that has stuck with me for months now, and it's the idea of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what doesn't change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being absolutely grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man finally begins to understand this idea, I can tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever might happen around him swirls and yet he is fully calm, snug, and remains embedded in his deepest desire. To find your purpose is far more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up on the planet. It did for me. As quickly as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are the same as the sea. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a second, a peaceful ocean can become a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny ship wondering how the hell 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 is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men that don't understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked straight out of their little boat - I can not tell you how often I have been tossed out of my little boat or even bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave actually starts to look like fun. Additionally, that wave can inspire your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life fully.
Every day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a type of energy that is 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, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and dynamic. A wavelength which has existed far before everyone and one that willbe here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me often when I'm on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or take the time to run through the days events - utilizing all the things that adjusted - and get galvanized by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the very same time, I am here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and totally inspired by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving intensely and open to all uncertainty. 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, modified my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of great people have showed up in my life and I can really see all of it morphing, only to grasp that it will all change and pass...and that's superbly okay.
The dynamics of my life in moving with true feminine energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for many reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. Throughout the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two amazing and extremely strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are very driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was small and inclined to get along with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad too, similarly as driven, loving artistic and persistent and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my perspectives, my uncontrollable emotions and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside of me that refused to quit. Even on the rare occasion it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career stopped and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But very recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what powerful masculine energy actually was. This hasn't only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the great men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind that has stuck with me for months now, and it's the idea of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what doesn't change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being absolutely grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man finally begins to understand this idea, I can tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever might happen around him swirls and yet he is fully calm, snug, and remains embedded in his deepest desire. To find your purpose is far more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up on the planet. It did for me. As quickly as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are the same as the sea. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a second, a peaceful ocean can become a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny ship wondering how the hell 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 is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men that don't understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked straight out of their little boat - I can not tell you how often I have been tossed out of my little boat or even bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave actually starts to look like fun. Additionally, that wave can inspire your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life fully.
Every day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a type of energy that is 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, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and dynamic. A wavelength which has existed far before everyone and one that willbe here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me often when I'm on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or take the time to run through the days events - utilizing all the things that adjusted - and get galvanized by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the very same time, I am here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and totally inspired by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving intensely and open to all uncertainty. 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, modified my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of great people have showed up in my life and I can really see all of it morphing, only to grasp that it will all change and pass...and that's 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.
