"Before I built a wall Id ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Robert Frost
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
That is certainly true. And then I ask, "What else are they good at doing?" You wouldnt believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so Ill 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.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts youve been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
It gets worse. Since you didnt build any doors...because why would you ever want to give the negative emotions a weak spot in the wall to exploit, youve failed to create any form of fire escape.
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.
When you shut yourself off from experience life in its fullest and everything that the world has to offer you arent really living. Youre just having an experience of surviving. Youre doing whatever it takes to get by but not really out there in the world thriving.
These walls that youve built served you at one time in protecting your heart, but now they are just hurting you. They are hurting you because you cant grow from that trapped place anymore. You cant experience what you need to experience to help you continue to develop. The negative emotions stay out (for the most part) but those positive qualities that you have - the potential that you have discovered - those stay in.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
Thats the dead honest truth. You must tear down the walls if you really want to live an outrageously amazing experience in this world.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Tear down the walls. Take a risk.
When you ask people about walls and what they are good at, they will usually answer somewhere along the lines of, "They are good at keeping things out."
That is certainly true. And then I ask, "What else are they good at doing?" You wouldnt believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so Ill 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.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts youve been given? They never get to come out to play. They stay trapped inside because you have created a bit of a prison for yourself.
It gets worse. Since you didnt build any doors...because why would you ever want to give the negative emotions a weak spot in the wall to exploit, youve failed to create any form of fire escape.
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.
When you shut yourself off from experience life in its fullest and everything that the world has to offer you arent really living. Youre just having an experience of surviving. Youre doing whatever it takes to get by but not really out there in the world thriving.
These walls that youve built served you at one time in protecting your heart, but now they are just hurting you. They are hurting you because you cant grow from that trapped place anymore. You cant experience what you need to experience to help you continue to develop. The negative emotions stay out (for the most part) but those positive qualities that you have - the potential that you have discovered - those stay in.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
Thats the dead honest truth. You must tear down the walls if you really want to live an outrageously amazing experience in this world.
Scary? Yes of course. But 10 times out of 10 I would rather be on the field of life living than stuck in my own mental prison dying.
Tear down the walls. Take a risk.
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!
