Love the true madness in real things. Without a little bit of madness, it's going to lack depth. Without depth, you're going to skim the outer surface of what's essentially possible for you. Without finding your best stuff and what defines your foundation, growth and depth will seem like a remote dream. You see, there's an inclination to become seduced with the quick and easy, but that is not where the magic is. The magic lies in the depths. The magic takes some soul spelunking. The magic...is in jumping out of the boat completely and diving deep into unexplored waters all while having unbreakable faith that you are going to find a bubble of air on the way down.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you really deeply think of it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently 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 complete lives searching for some form of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of information to help us attempt to appear sensible out of all of this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I am all about life quotes and the tiny morsels of wisdom they can expose 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 kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's really what all of this surface level stuff is when it 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 mucky. Life can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. No matter how much you try and avoid certain things happening, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper at all. They have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, uncertain and almost always totally 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 is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole entire 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 honestly start to develop the faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have to get filthy first.
Roll around in the dust. 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 is going to be the location where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have always been frightened to do.
What really is life without a degree of risk? Just surviving.
Uncertainty? Embrace it.
When you really deeply think of it, we reside in a world absolutely full of chaos. Everything is going 1,000,000 miles a minute. Things are consistently 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 complete lives searching for some form of personal meaning that will give them direction. We hunt down guidance, knowledge, and consume massive amounts of information to help us attempt to appear sensible out of all of this. What is the point of the journey I am on? Who am I while traveling on it? This doubt can seduce us into making an attempt to digest surface level pseudo-spirituality so as to help us understand ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I am all about life quotes and the tiny morsels of wisdom they can expose 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 kingdom on wallpaper.
And that's really what all of this surface level stuff is when it 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 mucky. Life can be vicious. Life can test you and bring you to your knees whenever it feels like it. No matter how much you try and avoid certain things happening, life acts as a brilliant dart thrower, hitting it's target every single time - regardless of how fast it's moving.
But in real things (thoughts, feelings, experiences) that have some depth to them, they are absolutely not wallpaper at all. They have some madness to them. They are hard to predict, uncertain and almost always totally 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 is the point. The chaos is the pretty part. The chaos is the art. When you begin to live in that place, your whole entire 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 honestly start to develop the faith driven hand of the painter.
But you have to get filthy first.
Roll around in the dust. 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 is going to be the location where you build your life. It is time to build it over again and do the work you have always been frightened 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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