"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Mr. Robert Frost
I ask people a lot about building walls and what they are good for and I always get the same answer. "They are good for keeping things out."
Yes! Very true. I usually ask a follow up question after that, "What else are they good for?" You wouldn't imagine the pause and dead silence after that.
"Uhmmm. I really have no idea." Don't worry I'll give you the answer. Walls are great for keeping things out but they also keep things "in."
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.
When you build walls to keep everything away from you, you hide your gifts inside your own personal little prison where no one else can see them. In fact, you are hiding your true self away from the world.
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 always likes to do, it shoots fiery arrows over your walls and starts to light everything on fire. You have no escape. You have no "out." Typically, peoples lives burn straight to the ground.
Walls can numb you. They can turn you to ice.
When you shut yourself off from experiencing life, you aren't really thriving you're just surviving. You are trying to string it together day by day and time passes you by. You never really get out there into the world and live it.
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.
The gifts you were given will never come out to play if you trap them inside of you.
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 will be scary. But when you make the decision to step into vulnerability you will remember it for the rest of your life.
Take a risk. Break down your barriers
I ask people a lot about building walls and what they are good for and I always get the same answer. "They are good for keeping things out."
Yes! Very true. I usually ask a follow up question after that, "What else are they good for?" You wouldn't imagine the pause and dead silence after that.
"Uhmmm. I really have no idea." Don't worry I'll give you the answer. Walls are great for keeping things out but they also keep things "in."
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.
When you build walls to keep everything away from you, you hide your gifts inside your own personal little prison where no one else can see them. In fact, you are hiding your true self away from the world.
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 always likes to do, it shoots fiery arrows over your walls and starts to light everything on fire. You have no escape. You have no "out." Typically, peoples lives burn straight to the ground.
Walls can numb you. They can turn you to ice.
When you shut yourself off from experiencing life, you aren't really thriving you're just surviving. You are trying to string it together day by day and time passes you by. You never really get out there into the world and live it.
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.
The gifts you were given will never come out to play if you trap them inside of you.
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 will be scary. But when you make the decision to step into vulnerability you will remember it for the rest of your life.
Take a risk. Break down your barriers
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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