"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out?" - Robert Frost
Whenever I ask someone about the benefits of building walls they give me the exact same answer every time. "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.
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 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 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 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 risk. Break down your barriers
Whenever I ask someone about the benefits of building walls they give me the exact same answer every time. "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.
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 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 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 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 risk. Break down your barriers
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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