Love the true craziness in real things. Without a little bit of uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the surface of what's essentially possible for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, development and depth will appear like a remote dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become infatuated with the fast and easy, but that is not where the magic is. The magic lies within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in leaping out of the canoe completely and diving deep into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you're going to find a patch of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really consider it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly 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 searching for some form of meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, knowledge, and consume great amounts of material to help us try to appear sensible out of all of this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the tiny 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 disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a home on wallpaper.
And that's really what all of this surface level stuff is when it boils 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 can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try avoiding particular things taking place, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in any way. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, uncertain and often totally unexpected. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you have fallen down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the honest point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you truly 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 have got to get messy first.
Roll around in the filth. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have created across the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the spot where you build your life. It is now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What is life without any risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you really consider it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly 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 searching for some form of meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, knowledge, and consume great amounts of material to help us try to appear sensible out of all of this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality in order to help us understand ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the tiny 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 disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a home on wallpaper.
And that's really what all of this surface level stuff is when it boils 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 can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees when it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try avoiding particular things taking place, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in any way. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, uncertain and often totally unexpected. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you have fallen down. It's a bit chaotic, but that is the honest point. The chaos is the beautiful part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you truly 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 have got to get messy first.
Roll around in the filth. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have created across the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's going to be the spot where you build your life. It is now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What is life without any 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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