You can't always be positive. In reality if you were positive all of the time, how could people really count on the truth of your character? They couldn't.
Life is wonderfully balanced. So to be truly positive you really have to experience serious negatives as well. That's simply the way in which 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 hopeful because I truly am out in this world to help a lot of people love extraordinarily and possibly, just maybe, something I talk about 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 provoke thought in others. But what I would like to share with you is that I am not necessarily positive. In fact, I don't ever force myself to be because that only creates inauthenticity.
I have awfully dark moments and days sometimes. In fact, the more and more I truly love with everything I have, the more profoundly I feel pain, hurt, loss, and everything else that will make your hands quiver when it comes around. I feel those things now more than I ever have before. The melting of a cold heart many years ago back has exposed it to be exposed, uncovered, and gives it the capacity to feel everything intensely.
So often, writing something that's hopeful, is actually me fighting as hard as I will to keep a positive outlook on life. In truth, some days are a lot tougher than others. Some days, I feel like I'm able to just barely breath.
Over the years, I've been taught to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I am so lucky to have that. So if you're suffering, just know, I struggle just as much.
I struggle hard. And with all that, I love hard.
Life is wonderfully balanced. So to be truly positive you really have to experience serious negatives as well. That's simply the way in which 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 hopeful because I truly am out in this world to help a lot of people love extraordinarily and possibly, just maybe, something I talk about 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 provoke thought in others. But what I would like to share with you is that I am not necessarily positive. In fact, I don't ever force myself to be because that only creates inauthenticity.
I have awfully dark moments and days sometimes. In fact, the more and more I truly love with everything I have, the more profoundly I feel pain, hurt, loss, and everything else that will make your hands quiver when it comes around. I feel those things now more than I ever have before. The melting of a cold heart many years ago back has exposed it to be exposed, uncovered, and gives it the capacity to feel everything intensely.
So often, writing something that's hopeful, is actually me fighting as hard as I will to keep a positive outlook on life. In truth, some days are a lot tougher than others. Some days, I feel like I'm able to just barely breath.
Over the years, I've been taught to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I am so lucky to have that. So if you're suffering, just know, I struggle just as much.
I struggle hard. And with all 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.