Love the intrinsic madness in real things. Without a little insanity, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are always going to skim the border of what's actually capable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what creates your foundation, growth and fulfillment will appear like a far away dream. You see, there's an inclination to become seduced with the quick and easy, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies deep within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the boat completely and diving deep down into unexplored waters all while having shatterproof faith that you are going to find a pocket of air on the way down.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you actually deeply think of it, we reside in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are continually cracking apart and colliding together. It is a miracle that we are even able to function with everything occuring around us. Some find their way early and others spend their entire lives looking for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of info to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What is the point of the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the small tidbits of bite-sized knowledge they can divulge to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for a big disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's really what all this surface level stuff is when it truly comes 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. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid specific things taking place, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, emotions, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and almost always completely astonishing. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you're down. It is a little chaotic, but that's the point. The chaos is the beautiful 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 truly start to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have to get dirty first.
Roll around in the dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made during 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 now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been scared to do.
What's life without risk? Just surviving.
Doubt? Embrace it.
When you actually deeply think of it, we reside in a world definitely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are continually cracking apart and colliding together. It is a miracle that we are even able to function with everything occuring around us. Some find their way early and others spend their entire lives looking for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out steerage, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of info to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What is the point of the journey I'm on? Who am I while traveling on it? This undeniable uncertainty can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about life quotes and the small tidbits of bite-sized knowledge they can divulge to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for a big disaster. Surface level foundations never work...try building a kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's really what all this surface level stuff is when it truly comes 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. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid specific things taking place, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - irrespective of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, emotions, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are not predictable, doubtful and almost always completely astonishing. They rip the rug out from under you and help you pop right back up when you're down. It is a little chaotic, but that's the point. The chaos is the beautiful 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 truly start to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can start to develop the faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have to get dirty first.
Roll around in the dirt. Get mud on your face. Tear down the wallpaper. Burn down the termite ridden support beams you have made during 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 now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been scared to do.
What's 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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