"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Mr. Robert Frost
Whenever I ask someone about the benefits of building walls they give me the exact same answer every time. "They are good for keeping things out."
But if you ask what else they are good for doing, you wouldn't believe the dead silence that would come your way.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so I'll give it to you. As good as walls are for keeping things out, they also do a damn good job of keeping things in. Ahhhh. Yes.
This is where we get into trouble. We get into a ton of trouble because whenever we start hurting in life we build our walls higher and higher to protect ourselves.
Unfortunately, when you are building these walls to keep out the negative experiences of life you are also keeping in your gifts and everything else that is positive inside of you. The world never gets to see what you truly have to offer because you are hiding it in your own little prison.
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.
As life would have it, it loves to create a little bit of chaos once you think you are safe. It will find its way into your "protected" zone and start a few fires here and there. Then, since you have no escape, you will watch everything burn straight to the ground.
Walls are pretty bad for you. They can tear you apart.
Because without experiencing life in its fullest and everything that it has to offer, negative and positive, you aren't actually living at all. You're just surviving. You're doing exactly what it takes to get by. You aren't thriving...and that's the only place where your best stuff lives.
The very walls that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. They are trapping everything positive inside of you and making you numb. The only way is to let everything out and to experience life in its fullest.
Your gifts will never come out to play if you are living safely inside your castle.
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.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
Take a chance and tear down the walls.
Whenever I ask someone about the benefits of building walls they give me the exact same answer every time. "They are good for keeping things out."
But if you ask what else they are good for doing, you wouldn't believe the dead silence that would come your way.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so I'll give it to you. As good as walls are for keeping things out, they also do a damn good job of keeping things in. Ahhhh. Yes.
This is where we get into trouble. We get into a ton of trouble because whenever we start hurting in life we build our walls higher and higher to protect ourselves.
Unfortunately, when you are building these walls to keep out the negative experiences of life you are also keeping in your gifts and everything else that is positive inside of you. The world never gets to see what you truly have to offer because you are hiding it in your own little prison.
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.
As life would have it, it loves to create a little bit of chaos once you think you are safe. It will find its way into your "protected" zone and start a few fires here and there. Then, since you have no escape, you will watch everything burn straight to the ground.
Walls are pretty bad for you. They can tear you apart.
Because without experiencing life in its fullest and everything that it has to offer, negative and positive, you aren't actually living at all. You're just surviving. You're doing exactly what it takes to get by. You aren't thriving...and that's the only place where your best stuff lives.
The very walls that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. They are trapping everything positive inside of you and making you numb. The only way is to let everything out and to experience life in its fullest.
Your gifts will never come out to play if you are living safely inside your castle.
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.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
Take a chance and tear down the walls.
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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