Love the intrinsic craziness in real things. Without a modest amount of insanity, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you are going to skim the surface of what's essentially attainable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what outlines your foundation, expansion and depth will appear like a remote dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become seduced with the quick and easy, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies in 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 are going to find a bubble of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you consider it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly cracking apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some type of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out guidance, education and consume great amounts of info to help us try and appear sensible out of all this madness. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This 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 truly am all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of wisdom they can reveal to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a house on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this shallow 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 mucky. Life can often be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, 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, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are not wallpaper in the slightest. They've got some madness to them. They are not predictable, a bit crazy and almost always totally surprising. 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's the point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your entire 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 faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have 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 constructed during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's absolutely going to be the place where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been afraid to do.
What really is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you consider it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly cracking apart and colliding together. It is actually a miracle that we are even in a position to function with everything taking place around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some type of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out guidance, education and consume great amounts of info to help us try and appear sensible out of all this madness. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This 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 truly am all about life quotes and the tiny titbits of wisdom they can reveal to us, but without understanding context and avoiding diving into the depths we set ourselves up for catastrophe. Surface level foundations never work...try building a house on wallpaper.
And that's actually what all this shallow 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 mucky. Life can often be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Irrespective of how much you try to avoid particular things occuring, 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, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are not wallpaper in the slightest. They've got some madness to them. They are not predictable, a bit crazy and almost always totally surprising. 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's the point. The chaos is the attractive part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your entire 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 faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have 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 constructed during the years and dance in the ashes of it all. That rock solid ground you are standing on - that's absolutely going to be the place where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been afraid to do.
What really is life without a degree of 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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