"Before I built a wall I'd 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 wouldn't believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
"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."
And this is where the trouble is. This is where we get into a TON of trouble. You see, we build walls for many reasons: fear, doubt, anxiety and think that they will protect us from pain. Every single time something painful happens in our lives we continue to build higher and higher walls so they they almost become indestructible.
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 much worse. When you spend your time building walls you fail to create any "exits" for yourself and when things get bad, they really go 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 are pretty bad for you. They can tear you apart.
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.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
If you want to have an amazing experience living in this world, you have to tear down the walls.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
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 wouldn't believe the dead silence that usually comes back my way.
"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."
And this is where the trouble is. This is where we get into a TON of trouble. You see, we build walls for many reasons: fear, doubt, anxiety and think that they will protect us from pain. Every single time something painful happens in our lives we continue to build higher and higher walls so they they almost become indestructible.
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 much worse. When you spend your time building walls you fail to create any "exits" for yourself and when things get bad, they really go 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 are pretty bad for you. They can tear you apart.
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.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
If you want to have an amazing experience living in this world, you have to tear down the walls.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
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!
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