There is very little more lovely, wonderful, and electrifying than being around women who have something awaken inside them - a journey, a calling, an expedition. I have been pretty fortunate to spend a lot of time with strong women - even raised by two who I would do anything for - women who have got their own dreams despite all of the things they are fed incessantly by our society, strive anyhow. They are unique in a world that's training them to be like everybody else. How awesome is that? Above all, women act as moment by moment integrity checkers for men, oracles even, and if you can surround yourself with a group of very strong girls, you may grow unbelievably, have your head lovingly cut off when you are not being the best man you really could be, and you may experience life itself and its vast selection of experiences. Like the sea they change and shift by the second, feelings and thoughts swarm...let that help you find your solidity. They will test you with their darkest moods and feelings - only to have them feel you are immovable, the mountain, always going to be there irrespective of what and firm in your purpose. These are gifts, not hinderances. These relationships create you, but if you deflate - they're going to destroy you. Seek them out - don't be threatened, women can move mountains. They are to surely be cherished.
The dynamics of my life in moving with feminine energy has changed almost 180 degrees for lots of reasons. But oh how I have shifted inside. Across the course of my life, I highly identified with feminine energy because I had two awfully strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mother - who are incredibly driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was little and tended to hit it off with girls better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad as well, similarly as driven, thoughtful, inventive and incentivized and changed into a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the turmoil of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my perspectives, my uncontrollable emotions and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado within me that declined to quit. Even when it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what strong masculine energy actually was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the great men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind that has stuck with me for months now, and it's the idea of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not and will never change in this world. The undoubtable stability of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and prepared to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I will tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever might happen around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, snug, and remains embedded in his deepest want. To find your purpose is way more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relations, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It absolutely did for me. As fast as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - tenacity through anything.
Women are like the sea. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a second, a peaceful beautiful ocean can become a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your miniscule rowboat wondering how on earth you are going to climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it means to be alive. Why do you think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a form of energy that's uniquely female and can be accessed. But those waves for men who do not understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked out of the their boat - I cannot tell you how many times I have been tossed out of my ship or bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave begins to appear like fun. Moreover, that wave can induce your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life fully.
Each day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a type of energy that is very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my little chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this kind of energy that if you focus intently upon it deep enough, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and dynamic. A wavelength which has existed far before everyone and one that willbe here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me infrequently when I am sitting on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or start to run through the days events - utilizing all of the things that changed - and get inspired by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the same time, I'm here, absolutely grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I am, grounded, in my deepest purpose, completely and definitely inspired by the women around me and that female energy...creating, loving intensely and open to all delicious uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my using both - that has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my friendships and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I did not know existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can really see the entire thing morphing, only to know that it will all change and pass...and that really is perfectly OK.
The dynamics of my life in moving with feminine energy has changed almost 180 degrees for lots of reasons. But oh how I have shifted inside. Across the course of my life, I highly identified with feminine energy because I had two awfully strong and powerful women in my life - my sister and my mother - who are incredibly driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was little and tended to hit it off with girls better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad as well, similarly as driven, thoughtful, inventive and incentivized and changed into a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the turmoil of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my perspectives, my uncontrollable emotions and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado within me that declined to quit. Even when it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what strong masculine energy actually was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the great men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind that has stuck with me for months now, and it's the idea of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not and will never change in this world. The undoubtable stability of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and prepared to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I will tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever might happen around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, snug, and remains embedded in his deepest want. To find your purpose is way more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relations, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It absolutely did for me. As fast as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - tenacity through anything.
Women are like the sea. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a second, a peaceful beautiful ocean can become a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your miniscule rowboat wondering how on earth you are going to climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it means to be alive. Why do you think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a form of energy that's uniquely female and can be accessed. But those waves for men who do not understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked out of the their boat - I cannot tell you how many times I have been tossed out of my ship or bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave begins to appear like fun. Moreover, that wave can induce your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life fully.
Each day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a type of energy that is very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my little chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this kind of energy that if you focus intently upon it deep enough, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is incredibly deep and dynamic. A wavelength which has existed far before everyone and one that willbe here forever after. I can feel it circulate through me infrequently when I am sitting on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or start to run through the days events - utilizing all of the things that changed - and get inspired by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the same time, I'm here, absolutely grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I am, grounded, in my deepest purpose, completely and definitely inspired by the women around me and that female energy...creating, loving intensely and open to all delicious uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my using both - that has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my friendships and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I did not know existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can really see the entire thing morphing, only to know that it will all change and pass...and that really is perfectly OK.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website devoted to spreading positive high-quality content to those who need a little spark and motivation in their lives. In celebration of the amazing women in his life, he developed a post dedicated to strong women quotes to celebrate just how much we can learn from having women in our lives.
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