You can't always be positive. Actually if you were positive all of the time, how could people honestly count on the authenticity of your character? They couldn't.
Life is wonderfully balanced. To be truly positive you must experience significant 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 upbeat because I'm out in this world to help people love deeply and perhaps, just maybe, something I talk about will help someone bring some light into their heart. For years I've been ready to pull a lesson or learning point out of even the worst eventualities to help provoke thought in others. But what I'd 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 at times. Actually the more and more I deeply 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 ago has exposed it to be exposed, uncovered, and gives it the capability to feel everything intensely.
So sometimes, writing something that's optimistic, is actually me fighting as hard as I can to keep a good outlook on life. In truth, some days are way harder than others. Some days, I feel just like I'll barely breath.
Throughout the years, I've been taught to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I am so blessed to have that. So if you are deeply struggling, just know, I struggle too.
I struggle hard. And with all of that, I love hard.
Life is wonderfully balanced. To be truly positive you must experience significant 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 upbeat because I'm out in this world to help people love deeply and perhaps, just maybe, something I talk about will help someone bring some light into their heart. For years I've been ready to pull a lesson or learning point out of even the worst eventualities to help provoke thought in others. But what I'd 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 at times. Actually the more and more I deeply 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 ago has exposed it to be exposed, uncovered, and gives it the capability to feel everything intensely.
So sometimes, writing something that's optimistic, is actually me fighting as hard as I can to keep a good outlook on life. In truth, some days are way harder than others. Some days, I feel just like I'll barely breath.
Throughout the years, I've been taught to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I am so blessed to have that. So if you are deeply struggling, just know, I struggle too.
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.