"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."
But if you ask what else they are good for doing, you wouldn't believe the dead silence that would come your 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.
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.
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 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 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.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
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 chance and tear down the walls.
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."
But if you ask what else they are good for doing, you wouldn't believe the dead silence that would come your 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.
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.
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 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 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.
They will never come out when you are living safe inside of your comfort zone.
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 chance and tear down the walls.
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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