There is very little more attractive, fantastic, and electrifying than being around ladies who have something awaken within them - a trip, a calling, an expedition. I've been pretty lucky to have spent a lot of time with robust women - even raised by two great ones who I would do just about anything for - women who've got their own dreams despite all the things they are fed incessantly by our society, bloom anyway. They are unique in a world that is coaching them to be like everybody else. How awesome is that? Above everything else, women act as moment by moment integrity checkers for men, oracles even, and if you can surround yourself with a bunch of strong women, you may grow unbelievably, have your head lovingly cut off when you aren't being the best man you could be, and you'll experience life itself and its gigantic array of experiences. Like the sea they change and shift by the second, feelings and thoughts swarm...let that help you to find your solidity. They will test you with their darkest moods and feelings - only to have them feel that you are immovable, the mountain, always going to be there regardless of what and firm in your purpose. These are gifts, not hinderances. These strong relationships create you, but if you really deflate - they will destroy you. Seek them out - don't be threatened, women can move mountains. They are to be treasured.
The dynamics of my life in moving with female energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for lots of reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. Across the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two very strong and potent women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are deeply driven and proficient in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was very little and tended to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my father also, almost equally as driven, considerate, creative and incentivized and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my attitudes, my emotions, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado within me that refused to give up. Even if it did stop temporarily, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and eventually found my way to writing.
But very recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what strong masculine energy actually was. This has not just only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the inspiring concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I am able to tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is completely calm, snug, and remains deep set in his deepest want. To find your purpose is a great deal more than just what you do for work - it should be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in the world. It absolutely did for me. As soon as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - truth - integrity - determination through anything.
Women are like the flowing ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a moment, a peaceful beautiful ocean can turn into a sequence of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny rowboat wondering how the heck you might climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it suggests to be alive. Why do you really think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a form of energy that's uniquely female and can be accessed. But those waves for men who don't understand what it really means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked out of the their boat - I cannot tell you how often I have been tossed out of my little boat or bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave begins to appear like fun. Also, that wave can inspire your most significant purpose.
This is the part that has changed my life utterly.
Every day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a kind of energy that is very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my small chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this kind of energy that if you focus intently upon it deep enough, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is surprisingly deep and powerful. A wavelength that really has has existed far before everybody and one that willbe here forever after. I will feel it circulate through me often when I am on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - tapping into all the amazing things that changed - and get galvanized by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the exact same time, I'm here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and utterly electrified by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my using both - which has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, modified my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can really see all of it morphing, only to understand that it will undeniably all change and pass...and that really is superbly okay.
The dynamics of my life in moving with female energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for lots of reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. Across the course of my life, I highly identified with female energy because I had two very strong and potent women in my life - my sister and my mum - who are deeply driven and proficient in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was very little and tended to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my father also, almost equally as driven, considerate, creative and incentivized and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my attitudes, my emotions, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado within me that refused to give up. Even if it did stop temporarily, back up it would storm again. Combine that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career ended and an enormous mess was made. So I crashed like the raging ocean for a while...and eventually found my way to writing.
But very recently this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what strong masculine energy actually was. This has not just only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the men who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the inspiring concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what does not change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man eventually begins to understand this concept, I am able to tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is completely calm, snug, and remains deep set in his deepest want. To find your purpose is a great deal more than just what you do for work - it should be a direct leader in your life and will deepen your relationships, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in the world. It absolutely did for me. As soon as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - truth - integrity - determination through anything.
Women are like the flowing ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a moment, a peaceful beautiful ocean can turn into a sequence of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny rowboat wondering how the heck you might climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it suggests to be alive. Why do you really think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a form of energy that's uniquely female and can be accessed. But those waves for men who don't understand what it really means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked out of the their boat - I cannot tell you how often I have been tossed out of my little boat or bailed before the wave hit. But give a open man a purpose, and that wave begins to appear like fun. Also, that wave can inspire your most significant purpose.
This is the part that has changed my life utterly.
Every day I sit comfortable down and write, I am absolutely driven by a kind of energy that is very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my small chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this kind of energy that if you focus intently upon it deep enough, it's almost a low frequency lull...that is surprisingly deep and powerful. A wavelength that really has has existed far before everybody and one that willbe here forever after. I will feel it circulate through me often when I am on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - tapping into all the amazing things that changed - and get galvanized by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the exact same time, I'm here, fully grounded in my place - living as if I was dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and utterly electrified by the women around me and that amazing feminine energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my using both - which has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, modified my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can really see all of it morphing, only to understand that it will undeniably all change and pass...and that really is superbly okay.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website devoted to spreading positive high-quality content to those who need a little spark and motivation in their lives. In celebration of the amazing women in his life, he developed a post dedicated to strong women quotes to celebrate just how much we can learn from having women in our lives.
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