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Love the true madness in real things. Without a little bit of insanity, 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 distant dream. You see, there's an inclination to become infatuated with the quick and easy, but that is not 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 into unexplored waters all while having indestructible faith that you will find a bubble of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you deeply think of it, we are living in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything occuring around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives searching for some type of deep meaning that will give them direction. We seek out guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of information to help us try to make sense out of all this madness. What is the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little morsels of wisdom they can reveal 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 house 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 make it look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is dirty. Life can often be 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 happening, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, uncertain and almost always totally astonishing. 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 is the honest point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you start to understand that you have a role to play in this world, you can begin to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you've 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 made throughout 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 is time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What really is life without risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you deeply think of it, we are living in a world completely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently cracking apart and colliding together. It's a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything occuring around us. Some find their way early and others spend their whole lives searching for some type of deep meaning that will give them direction. We seek out guidance, knowledge, and consume great amounts of information to help us try to make sense out of all this madness. What is the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into attempting to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the little morsels of wisdom they can reveal 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 house 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 make it look all pretty and nice. Life isn't all pretty and nice. Life is dirty. Life can often be 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 happening, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, vibrations experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, uncertain and almost always totally astonishing. 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 is the honest point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you start to understand that you have a role to play in this world, you can begin to develop the guided hand of the painter.
But you've 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 made throughout 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 is time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been frightened to do.
What really is life without 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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