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Love the inherent madness in real things. Without a little uncertainty, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you're going to skim the outer surface of what's essentially attainable for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, expansion and fulfillment will seem like a remote dream. You see, there's a inherent tendency to become seduced with the fast and easy, but that's not where the magic is. The magic lies within the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the canoe completely and diving deep down below into unexplored waters all while having shatterproof faith that you're going to find a bubble of air on the way down.
Fear? Embrace it.
When you really deeply think of it, we live in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly collapsing and colliding together. It is a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out direction, wisdom, and consume massive amounts of material to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality 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 divulge 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's really what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it comes 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 grimy. Life is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try and avoid particular things happening, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always completely surprising. 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 is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly 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 created throughout 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 now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been afraid to do.
What's life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Fear? Embrace it.
When you really deeply think of it, we live in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are constantly collapsing and colliding together. It is a miracle that we are even able to completely function with everything happening around us. Some find their way early and others spend their complete lives searching for some kind of personal meaning that will give them direction. We search out direction, wisdom, and consume massive amounts of material to help us try and appear sensible out of all this. What's the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into trying to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality 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 divulge 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 home on wallpaper.
And that's really what all this shallow surface level stuff is when it comes 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 grimy. Life is often vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. Regardless of how much you try and avoid particular things happening, life acts as a professional dart thrower, hitting it's target every time - no matter how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they aren't wallpaper in the slightest. They have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, doubtful and almost always completely surprising. 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 is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you start to live in that place, your whole entire life becomes part of that painting. Then, when you begin to accept that you have a role to play in this world, you can honestly 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 created throughout 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 now time to build it over again and do the work you have absolutely always been afraid to do.
What's 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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