"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.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so I'll 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.
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.
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.
Because without experiencing life in its fullest and everything that it has to offer, negative and positive, you aren't actually living at all. You're just surviving. You're doing exactly what it takes to get by. You aren't thriving...and that's the only place where your best stuff lives.
The walls you build that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. You can't grow from that comfort zone. You can't shape and morph into someone who is taking their life to the next level. Everything that is meant to come out from you stays trapped in.
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.
Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. Uh...Alright so I'll 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.
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.
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.
Because without experiencing life in its fullest and everything that it has to offer, negative and positive, you aren't actually living at all. You're just surviving. You're doing exactly what it takes to get by. You aren't thriving...and that's the only place where your best stuff lives.
The walls you build that you think are protecting you are actually hurting you. You can't grow from that comfort zone. You can't shape and morph into someone who is taking their life to the next level. Everything that is meant to come out from you stays trapped in.
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 some great quotes for happiness by clicking here or read more on having some patience.
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