You can't always be positive. Actually if you were positive all of the time, how could people truly count on the validity of your character? They couldn't.
Life is wonderfully balanced. So to be truly positive you really have to experience substantial negatives as well. That's simply the way that the world works. As Carl Jung once said, "The brighter the light the darker the shadow." I think that really applies here as well.
In my life, I try and keep my writing pretty positive and optimistic because I truly am out in this world to help a lot of people love profoundly and possibly, just maybe, something I talk about in depth will help someone bring some light into their heart. For years I've been able to pull a lesson or learning point out of even the worst eventualities to help evoke others. But what I want to share with you is that I am not always positive. In reality I don't ever force myself to be because that only creates inauthenticity.
I have really dark moments and days sometimes. In fact, the greater I deeply love with everything I have, the more profoundly I feel agony, hurt, loss, and everything else that can make your hands tremble when it comes round. I feel those things now more than I ever have in the past. The liquefying of a cold heart all those years back has exposed it to be bare, vulnerable, and gives it the opportunity to feel everything intensely.
So frequently, writing something that's optimistic, is actually me fighting as tough as I'm able to to keep a positive outlook on life. In reality, some days are a lot tougher than others. Some days, I feel just like I can barely breath.
Over the years, I've learnt to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I really am so blessed to have that. So if you are deeply wrestling, just know, I struggle as well.
I struggle hard. And with all of that, I love hard.
Life is wonderfully balanced. So to be truly positive you really have to experience substantial negatives as well. That's simply the way that the world works. As Carl Jung once said, "The brighter the light the darker the shadow." I think that really applies here as well.
In my life, I try and keep my writing pretty positive and optimistic because I truly am out in this world to help a lot of people love profoundly and possibly, just maybe, something I talk about in depth will help someone bring some light into their heart. For years I've been able to pull a lesson or learning point out of even the worst eventualities to help evoke others. But what I want to share with you is that I am not always positive. In reality I don't ever force myself to be because that only creates inauthenticity.
I have really dark moments and days sometimes. In fact, the greater I deeply love with everything I have, the more profoundly I feel agony, hurt, loss, and everything else that can make your hands tremble when it comes round. I feel those things now more than I ever have in the past. The liquefying of a cold heart all those years back has exposed it to be bare, vulnerable, and gives it the opportunity to feel everything intensely.
So frequently, writing something that's optimistic, is actually me fighting as tough as I'm able to to keep a positive outlook on life. In reality, some days are a lot tougher than others. Some days, I feel just like I can barely breath.
Over the years, I've learnt to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I really am so blessed to have that. So if you are deeply wrestling, just know, I struggle as well.
I struggle hard. And with all of that, I love hard.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Going through a rough patch in life? I put together some quotes about death to help you if you are suffering through the loss of a loved one.
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