"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.
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.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've 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 didn't build any doors...because why would you ever want to give the negative emotions a weak spot in the wall to exploit, you've failed to create any form of fire escape.
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 bad for you. They can truly hurt you.
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 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.
That's just the reality. You have to tear down the walls that you think are protecting you and be willing to experience the open fields where everything and anything is possible.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
Take a chance and tear down the walls.
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.
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.
And unfortunately, when you are trying to keep out the negative, you are also keeping in the positive. Remember those gifts you've 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 didn't build any doors...because why would you ever want to give the negative emotions a weak spot in the wall to exploit, you've failed to create any form of fire escape.
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 bad for you. They can truly hurt you.
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 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.
That's just the reality. You have to tear down the walls that you think are protecting you and be willing to experience the open fields where everything and anything is possible.
Yes it's going to the scary. But stepping into vulnerability is a life changing decision.
Take a chance and tear down the walls.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Great Quotes On Happiness or these Quotes On Having Patience to get some motivation to move forward!
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