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"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Mr. Robert Frost
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
That is certainly true. And then I ask, "What else are they good at doing?" You wouldn't believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
"Uhmmm. I really have no idea." Don't worry I'll give you the answer. Walls are great for keeping things out but they also keep things "in."
And this is where the trouble is. This is where we get into a TON of trouble. You see, we build walls for many reasons: fear, doubt, anxiety and think that they will protect us from pain. Every single time something painful happens in our lives we continue to build higher and higher walls so they they almost become indestructible.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
But it gets worse. Since you spent so much time building walls you never built any doors to help you escape from this prison when things get bad.
And as life would have it, it loves to shoot a fiery arrow into your village and start up something good. I think you know where this is going - no fire escape, a fire in the village, and a whole lot of hay laying around - trouble. In fact, chaos arrives when something like that happens and more often than not, everything burns to the ground.
Walls are bad for you. They can truly hurt you.
When you shut yourself off from experiencing life, you aren't really thriving you're just surviving. You are trying to string it together day by day and time passes you by. You never really get out there into the world and live it.
The walls you build that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. You can't grow from that comfort zone. You can't shape and morph into someone who is taking their life to the next level. Everything that is meant to come out from you stays trapped in.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
That's the dead honest truth. You must tear down the walls if you really want to live an outrageously amazing experience in this world.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Tear down the walls. Take a risk.
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
That is certainly true. And then I ask, "What else are they good at doing?" You wouldn't believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
"Uhmmm. I really have no idea." Don't worry I'll give you the answer. Walls are great for keeping things out but they also keep things "in."
And this is where the trouble is. This is where we get into a TON of trouble. You see, we build walls for many reasons: fear, doubt, anxiety and think that they will protect us from pain. Every single time something painful happens in our lives we continue to build higher and higher walls so they they almost become indestructible.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
But it gets worse. Since you spent so much time building walls you never built any doors to help you escape from this prison when things get bad.
And as life would have it, it loves to shoot a fiery arrow into your village and start up something good. I think you know where this is going - no fire escape, a fire in the village, and a whole lot of hay laying around - trouble. In fact, chaos arrives when something like that happens and more often than not, everything burns to the ground.
Walls are bad for you. They can truly hurt you.
When you shut yourself off from experiencing life, you aren't really thriving you're just surviving. You are trying to string it together day by day and time passes you by. You never really get out there into the world and live it.
The walls you build that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. You can't grow from that comfort zone. You can't shape and morph into someone who is taking their life to the next level. Everything that is meant to come out from you stays trapped in.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
That's the dead honest truth. You must tear down the walls if you really want to live an outrageously amazing experience in this world.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Tear down the walls. Take a risk.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Quotes About Being Happy http://thewordsofencouragement.com/quotes-about-being-happy/ or these Patience Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/patience-quotes/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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